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单词 mail bomb
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Definition of mail bomb in English:

mail bomb

noun
  • 1US A letter bomb.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Apparently our town doctor was the victim of a mail bomb.
    • Mail bombs may be addressed in distorted handwriting, or the name and address may be prepared with homemade labels or cut-and-paste lettering.
    • It is important to be alert for suspicious parcels, but keep in mind that a mail bomb is an extremely rare occurrence.
    • Mail bombs continue to be a threat to enterprises, law offices and government agencies.
    • When we looked at that type of a scenario, whether it's anthrax letters or whether it's mail bombs, it is extremely difficult to investigate these cases.
  • 2An overwhelming quantity of email messages sent to one address.

    what happens if advertisers don't respond to entreaties and mail bombs?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Worm attacks, domain-name high-jacking, logic bombs, mail bombs and Trojan horses have all been utilized by hackers, but now denial-of-service attacks are gnawing away at the Internet's soft underbelly.
    • In the fall of 1996, Synder was subjected to a mail bomb: an attempt to flood his electronic mailbox of someone with hundreds of email messages.
    • Their ISP will cancel their account upon receipt of spam complaints or ensuing mail bombs.
verb
[with object]
  • Send an overwhelming quantity of email messages to (someone)

    if the netizens are really annoyed they'll mail-bomb you
    Example sentencesExamples
    • EFF Action Alerts are issued regularly on subjects of interests to the organisation, and are intended to help coordinate activism and/or to mail-bomb unlovable companies, agencies and legislators.
    • If you are found to have spammed or mail bombed, then we will immediately, without warning, disable your domain.
    • Posting "spam", and/or posting binaries to non-binary newsgroups, can result in people being mail bombed.
    • The man in question has been mail-bombed a number of times and on one occasion received 250,000 emails within just a couple of hours.
 
 

Definition of mail bomb in US English:

mail bomb

nounˈmāl bämˈmeɪl bɑm
  • 1US

    another term for letter bomb
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mail bombs continue to be a threat to enterprises, law offices and government agencies.
    • When we looked at that type of a scenario, whether it's anthrax letters or whether it's mail bombs, it is extremely difficult to investigate these cases.
    • Apparently our town doctor was the victim of a mail bomb.
    • Mail bombs may be addressed in distorted handwriting, or the name and address may be prepared with homemade labels or cut-and-paste lettering.
    • It is important to be alert for suspicious parcels, but keep in mind that a mail bomb is an extremely rare occurrence.
  • 2An overwhelmingly large quantity of email messages sent to one email address.

    what happens if advertisers don't respond to entreaties and mail bombs?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their ISP will cancel their account upon receipt of spam complaints or ensuing mail bombs.
    • Worm attacks, domain-name high-jacking, logic bombs, mail bombs and Trojan horses have all been utilized by hackers, but now denial-of-service attacks are gnawing away at the Internet's soft underbelly.
    • In the fall of 1996, Synder was subjected to a mail bomb: an attempt to flood his electronic mailbox of someone with hundreds of email messages.
verbˈmāl bämˈmeɪl bɑm
[with object]
  • Send an overwhelmingly large quantity of email messages to (someone)

    if the netizens are really annoyed they'll mail-bomb you
    Example sentencesExamples
    • EFF Action Alerts are issued regularly on subjects of interests to the organisation, and are intended to help coordinate activism and/or to mail-bomb unlovable companies, agencies and legislators.
    • Posting "spam", and/or posting binaries to non-binary newsgroups, can result in people being mail bombed.
    • If you are found to have spammed or mail bombed, then we will immediately, without warning, disable your domain.
    • The man in question has been mail-bombed a number of times and on one occasion received 250,000 emails within just a couple of hours.
 
 
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