From the list of options, chose the primary attribute associated with e-mail hoaxes.
A.
E-mail hoaxes consume large quantities of server disk space.
B.
E-mail hoaxes can result in buffer overflows on the e-mail server.
C.
E-mail hoaxes create unnecessary e-mail traffic, as well as panic in users that are not
technically inclined.
D.
E-mail hoaxes tend to encourage malicious users.
Explanation:
Although answer choices B ,C,D have a degree of truth to them; the BEST answer is A. Email
hoaxes often create unnecessary traffic because they ask users to forward an email to everyone in
address book, and whether it is a computer virus or a blind, crippled, starving, cancer victim child
suffering from Herpes it creates undue panic and emotion in the work setting.