If you happened to just receive a ton of 'spam' from the site, I apologize about the inconvenience. I approved a ton of pending LinkBacks on the site (dating back to January) and it seems that the option to notify the owner (default) triggered a ton of emails being sent.
This simply means you have a popular thread that has been linked to and/or referenced by another forum or website or blog that is enabled for 'pings' (this is what makes the 'world go round' in the modern socially interactive Web 2.0).
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Email Notifications on Incoming LinkBacks
Select "Yes" to notify post owners of incoming LinkBacks (Ping/Track/Refbacks) when these occur.
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Needless to say, this rule has been disabled for any future approvals. Again, I apologize about the inconvenience this may have caused you or your Inbox.