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Account
Name a name that establishes
a relationship with the user and
the e-mail system. An account
name or a user name and a
password is required.
Attachment is a file that
is sent with an e-mail like an
enclosure in an envelope.
Attachments are usually graphic
files, text files that are too
long for an e-mail or program
data files.
Client E-Mail Program
software, such as AOL
Communicator, Eudora, Outlook,
Appe E-Mail.
Header is e-mail system
text at the beginning of an
Internet e-mail message that is
first generated by the client
mail program that sends the
message and by all mail servers
in sequence to the destination.
Each Internet node adds more
text, including from/to
addresses, subject, content type,
time stamp and identification
text.
The from/to, subject, cc: and
bcc: fields of an e-mail message
are also known as components of
the header.
IMAP (Internet Message
Access Protocol) A standard mail
server that provides message
storage that holds incoming
e-mail until users log on and
download the e-mail. IMAP is more
sophisticated than POP3. Major
advantage is recipients can read
only the headers in messages
without waiting for unwanted
attached files to download.
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Messaging
System a collection of
software, including the Message
User Agent, Message Transfer
Agent, and Message Store.
MS Message Store holds
e-mail until it is retrieved
and/or deleted by a server.
MTA Message Transfer Agent
forwards the message to another
mail server or delivers it to its
own message store (MS).
MUA Mail User Agent.
Password a private
configuration of characters that
selectively gives a user private
access to their e-mail account
and e-mail messages.
POP3 (Post Office Protocol
3) A standard Internet mail
server that holds incoming e-mail
until users log on and
download.
SendMail is the most
common Message Transfer Agent --
software used by the SMTP
server.
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol, a standard e-mail
protocol on the Internet.
SMTP Server a server that
routes SMTP messages internally
or through the Internet to other
mail servers, such as POP3 or
IMAP4, which provides a message
storage for incoming mail.
UA User Agent.
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