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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>mail storm</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="magic-smoke.html" title="magic smoke"/><link rel="next" href="mailbomb.html" title="mailbomb"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">mail storm</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="magic-smoke.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mailbomb.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="mail-storm"/><dt xmlns="" id="mail-storm"><b>mail storm</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from <a href="../B/broadcast-storm.html"><i class="glossterm">broadcast storm</i></a>, influenced by
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<span class="foreignphrase"><i class="foreignphrase">maelstrom</i></span>] What often happens when a machine
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with an Internet connection and active users re-connects after extended
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downtime — a flood of incoming mail that brings the machine to its
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knees. See also <a href="../H/hairball.html"><i class="glossterm">hairball</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="magic-smoke.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mailbomb.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">magic smoke </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> mailbomb</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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