EMAIL KEY TERMS

EMAIL

CC

BCC

ATTACHMENT
STORE AND FORWARD SYSTEM

SMTP

POP3

IMAP

EMAIL PROTOCOLS

Messages distributed by electronic

means from one computer user to one
or more recipients via network
The list of CCed recipients is visible to
all other recipients of the message. CC
stands for carbon copy.
Bcc stands for blind carbon copy which
is similar to Cc except the email
address of the recipients specified in
this particular field do not appear in the
received message header.
A file attached to an e-mail message as
an enclosure.
A telecommunications technique in
which information is sent to an
intermediate station where it is kept
and sent at a later time to the final
destination or to another intermediate
station.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is an
Internet standard for electronic mail
transmission.
POP3 is a simple system with limited
selectivity. Incoming messages and
attachments are downloaded when
users check their mail.
Internet Message Access Protocol is an
application layer internet protocol that
allows an e-mail client to access e-mail
on a remote mail server.
A method by which a communication
channel is established between two
computers and email is transferred
between them.