36 terms every email user should know
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Find the most common email terms defined in this to-the-point glossary.
APOP is more secure than normal plain text POP authentication but also suffers from serious shortcomings.
Email traffic can then be filtered against a blocklist to remove spam from these sources.
Email Header
Email headerlines make up the first part of an email message.
It must list the email address, and one can add a name as well.
IMAP allows email programs to access not only new messages but also folders on the server.
Actions are synchronized between multiple email programs connected through IMAP.
you might see incoming mail immediately.
Email programs and web-based email services can use this header to offer an easy method for unsubscribing.
It is possible to set not only a default email recipient but also default Subject and message body content.
Arbitrary data is encoded as ASCII text for MIME.
Public Key Cryptography
Public key cryptography uses a key with two parts.
S/MIME
S/MIME is a standard for secure email messages.
S/MIME messages offer sender authentication using digital signatures and can be encrypted to protect privacy.
Spam
Spamis unsolicited email.
Not all unsolicited email is spam, however.
Subject
The “Subject” of an email message should be a short summary of its contents.
Email programs usually display it in a mailbox display together with the sender.
To
The To: line of an email contains its primary recipient or recipients.
All recipients in the To: line is visible to all other recipients, possibly by default.
Web-Based Email
Web-based emailprovides email accounts that are accessed through a web internet tool.
Many worms have no negative effect except resource consumption, but some will perform malicious actions.
