nked in much the same way as Erlang
 processes. If a link is active when a mailbox is <a href="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpMbox.html#close--"><code>closed</code></a>, any
 linked Erlang processes or OtpMboxes will be sent an exit signal. As well,
 exit signals will be (eventually) sent if a mailbox goes out of scope and its
 <a href="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpMbox.html#finalize--"><code>finalize()</code></a> method called. However due to the nature of
 finalization (i.e. Java makes n