magic smoke
= M =
mailbomb
mail storm n.
[from broadcast storm, influenced by
`maelstrom'] What often happens when a machine with an Internet
connection and active users re-connects after extended downtime --
a flood of incoming mail that brings the machine to its knees.
See also hairball.
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.