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Difference between revisions of "Terminology"
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: [[wikipedia:Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol|Simple Mail Transfer Protocol]]: a network protocol for sending email to a remote server, often involving password authentication and end-to-end SSL encryption. | : [[wikipedia:Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol|Simple Mail Transfer Protocol]]: a network protocol for sending email to a remote server, often involving password authentication and end-to-end SSL encryption. | ||
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| + | : [[wikipedia:Transport_Layer_Security|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. | ||
;user menu | ;user menu | ||
: The menu accessed by clicking on one's own username in the far upper-right-hand corner of the application. | : The menu accessed by clicking on one's own username in the far upper-right-hand corner of the application. | ||
Revision as of 23:22, 25 October 2013
- DKIM
- DomainKeys Identified Mail: a system for digitally signing email that provides the means to securely verify that the email's origin is legitimate.
- 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.
- user menu
- The menu accessed by clicking on one's own username in the far upper-right-hand corner of the application.
