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Parent topics
- Computer network [r]: A collection of computers or digital devices ("nodes") connected by communication links. [e]
- Internet [r]: International "network of networks" that connects computers together through the Internet Protocol Suite and supports applications like Email and the World Wide Web. [e]
- Email [r]: A method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. [e]
Subtopics
- Email processes and protocols [r]: Brief explanation of an email system at the relay level. [e]
- Email agents [r]: Roles and responsibilities of organizations handling email. [e]
- Email security [r]: Brief description of email security problems and solutions. [e]
- Email authentication [r]: Brief overview of methods used to authenticate the sender of an email. [e]
- Email message headers [r]: The header lines in every email message, defined in RFC 5322 [e]
- Email port 587 [r]: TCP port reserved for authenticated submission of email messages. [e]
Core Protocols and Standards
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) [r]: In the Internet Protocol Suite, SMTP is the basic method for transferring the "envelopes" of electronic mail among servers performing the electronic "post office" function, not the user mailbox function. [e] (RFC-5321)
- Extended SMTP (ESMTP) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- SMTP example sessions [r]: A typical email session using the SMTP protocol. [e]
- Post Office Protocol (POP) [r]: A client-server messaging protocol for email which requires messages to be downloaded to a client's computer, phone or tablet for reading. [e] (RFC-1939)
- Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) [r]: Add brief definition or description (RFC-3501)
- Email message formats [r]: The formats and encodings used for text, pictures, and various other objects in an email. [e] (RFC-5322)
- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) [r]: MIME extends the format of Internet mail to allow non-US-ASCII textual messages, non-textual messages, multipart message bodies, and non-US-ASCII information in message headers. [e] (RFC-2045..2049)
Authentication protocols
- Sender Policy Framework (SPF) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sender ID [r]: Email authentication method that verifies the domain name in a "purported" address with the sender's IP address. [e]
- DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Certified Server Validation (CSV) [r]: Add brief definition or description)
Anti-spam techniques
- Anti-spam techniques [r]: Techniques used to block or prevent spam, phishing, and other abuses of email. [e]
- Email challenge-response [r]: An authentication method that verifies the purported sender's address by sending a challenge to that address. [e]
- Email greylisting [r]: A spam prevention method in which the receiving mail server rejects a message the first time it is received. [e]
- Email user programs [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Webmail [r]: Add brief definition or description
Supporting protocols and standards
- Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Domain Name System (DNS) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kerberos [r]: Add brief definition or description
Culture and administration
- Email history [r]: A method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. [e]
- Email abuse [r]: A method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. [e]