Which of the following is the practice of sending unwanted e-mail messages, frequently with commercial content, in large quantities to an indiscriminate set of recipients? Each correct answer…

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Options

• AE-mail spam
• BJunk mail
• CEmail spoofing
• DEmail jamming

• A
  93% (27)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

A (E-mail spam) and B (Junk mail) are both correct because they are widely accepted, interchangeable terms for the same phenomenon: unsolicited bulk messages sent to large numbers of recipients, typically for commercial purposes. Both terms describe the practice from different angles - "spam" is the internet-era term, while "junk mail" predates it and was originally used for physical unsolicited advertising.

C (Email spoofing) is a different attack entirely - it involves forging the sender's address to make an email appear to come from a trusted source, often used in phishing. It is deceptive, but not defined by volume or commercial intent.

D (Email jamming) is not a standard term in email security. It may loosely evoke the idea of flooding, but it is not an accepted definition for bulk unsolicited email - making it a distractor.

Memory tip: Think of the S in Spam and the J in Junk as two names for the same overflowing inbox problem. Spoofing = faking, and jamming = blocking signals (a radio/network concept) - neither fits "unwanted bulk commercial email."

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