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| A form of communication in which electronic messages are created and transferred between two or more devices connected to a network. |
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| IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) |
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| A protocol for retrieving email messages from a remote mail server or messages that are stored on a large local network. |
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| MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) |
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| A protocol specifying how to encode non-text data, such as graphics and sound, so you can send it over the Internet. |
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| Software that requests mail delivery from a mail server to a user's device. Also called, email program. |
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| A unique identifier consisting of a user name and a domain name that represents an individual's or organization's email account on a specific mail server. |
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| A unique name that identifies an account on a server. |
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| The part of an email message containing information about the message's sender, recipient(s), and subject. |
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| The content of an email message. |
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| An optional part of an email message that appears at the bottom of the message body and usually contains information about the sender, such as the sender's name and contact information. |
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| That part of an email message header containing the message recipient's email address. |
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| An email message sent to other people in addition to the primary recipient(s). |
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| blind courtesy copy (Bcc) |
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| The copy of an email message sent to a recipient without that recipient's address appearing in the message so that the message's other recipients are unaware that the Bcc recipient received the message. |
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| An address book entry that consists of two or more email addresses. Also called a group. |
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| The part of an email message header containing the email address of the messages sender. |
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| The part of an email message header that gives a brief summary of the message's content and purpose. |
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| A file encoded so that it can be sent with an email message over a network. |
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| A unit of measure for file sizes; it is approximately 1,000 characters, 8,912 bits or 1,024 bytes. |
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| A file whose contents you can view (read) but that you cannot change (edit). |
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| The process of saving an email attachment to a file location. |
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| The set of commonly accepted rules that represent proper behavior on a network. |
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