letterbomb
<messaging> 1. An e-mail message containing live data intended to do
nefarious things to the recipient's computer or terminal. It is possible, for
example, to send letterbombs that will lock up some specific kinds of terminals
when they are viewed, so thoroughly that the user must turn the terminal off to
unwedge it. Under Unix, a letterbomb can also try to get part of its contents
interpreted as a shell command. The results of this could range from silly to
tragic.
See also Trojan horse; compare nastygram, talk bomb.
2. Loosely, a mailbomb.
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(1998-01-16)
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