Which of the following network attacks refers to sending huge volumes of email to an address in an attempt to overflow the mailbox, or overwhelm the server where the email address is hosted, to…

The correct answer is B. Mail bombing. Mail bombing is a network attack that deliberately floods a specific email address or mail server with an enormous volume of messages with the goal of overflowing the target's mailbox or exhausting server resources, resulting in a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition. It differs…

Submitted by zhang_li· Apr 18, 2026Network Forensics

Question

Which of the following network attacks refers to sending huge volumes of email to an address in an attempt to overflow the mailbox, or overwhelm the server where the email address is hosted, to cause a denial-of-service attack?

Options

AEmail spamming
BMail bombing
CPhishing
DEmail spoofing

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A
2% (1)
B
88% (38)
C
2% (1)
D
7% (3)

Explanation

Mail bombing is a network attack that deliberately floods a specific email address or mail server with an enormous volume of messages with the goal of overflowing the target's mailbox or exhausting server resources, resulting in a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition. It differs from: email spamming (which is unsolicited bulk email sent broadly for commercial or malicious purposes, not specifically to overwhelm one target), phishing (deceptive emails designed to trick users into revealing credentials or clicking malicious links), and email spoofing (forging the sender's address to disguise the true origin of an email).

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#Network Attacks#Denial-of-Service (DoS)#Mail Bombing#Email Security

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