Difference between revisions of "Terminology"

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DKIM: DomainKeys Identified Mail: a system for digitally signing email that provides the means to securely verify that the email's origin is legitimate.
DNS: Domain Name System: a naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network (i.e. that identifies "google.com" with its internet protocol address)
MTA: Message transfer agent: an email relay service, i.e. Postfix, QMail or Exim4.
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: a network protocol for sending email to a remote server, often involving password authentication and end-to-end SSL encryption.
SSL: Secure Sockets Layer (a.k.a Transport Layer Security) a method of connecting to a remote network host that encrypts traffic on any given network protocol that uses it.
TLS: Transport Layer Security a method of connecting to a remote network host that encrypts traffic on any given network protocol that uses it.
user menu: The menu accessed by clicking on one's own username in the far upper-right-hand corner of the application.

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 : [http://www.dkim.org/ DomainKeys Identified Mail]: a system for digitally signing email that provides the means to securely verify that the email's origin is legitimate.
+;DNS
+: [[wikipedia:Domain_Name_System|Domain Name System]]: a naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network (i.e. that identifies "google.com" with its internet protocol address)
 ;MTA
 : [[wikipedia:Message_transfer_agent|Message transfer agent]]: an email relay service, i.e. Postfix, QMail or Exim4.