Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

email storm

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: email s-torm
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sudden spike in emails within an email list, usually caused by thousands of individuals sending reply all emails within a short period of time.

Example Sentences

"Microsoft is rolling out a new reply-all protection feature for Office 365 and Exchange Online. It’s designed to prevent email storms, when hundreds or thousands of people start replying to an email thread after someone forgot to BCC everyone or a distribution list was misconfigured."

Inflected Forms

email storms (plural)

Synonyms

replyallpocalypse reply all storm

Questions

What does email storm mean?: A sudden spike in emails within an email list, usually caused by thousands of individuals sending reply all emails within a short period of time.

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