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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
wikipedia: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)
FQDN
wikipedia:Fully_qualified_domain_name: a domain name that specifies its exact location in the tree hierarchy of the Domain Name System (DNS).
MTA
wikipedia:Message_transfer_agent: an email relay service, i.e. Postfix, QMail or Exim4.
SMTP
wikipedia: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
(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
wikipedia:Transport_Layer_Security a method of connecting to a remote network host that encrypts traffic on any given network protocol that uses it.
cron
wikipedia:Cron: a job scheduler for UNIX-like operating systems
installation directory
The directory (folder) on the web server where X2Engine is installed. You will know that you are operating within this directory when you see a file constants.php and the following subdirectories: assets, css, custom, framework, images, js, protected, themes and uploads.
user menu
The menu accessed by clicking on one's own username in the far upper-right-hand corner of the application.