Email Acronyms

Question 1

ASCI

Answer 1

Agent to Server Communications Interval

Question 2

RTF

Answer 2

Rich Text Format–Only MAPI email clients like Outlook and Outlook on the Web understand RTF messages.

Question 3

MAPI

Answer 3

Messaging Application Program Interface–An API for Microsoft Windows which allows programs to become email-aware. It is usually used to communicate with Microsoft Exchange server even though it is designed to be independent of the protocol.

Question 4

TNEFF

Answer 4

Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format–It contains a plain text version of the message and an attachment that packages the original formatted version of the message. The attachment is typically named Winmail.dat.

Question 5

MIME

Answer 5

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions–An internet standard that supports text in character sets other than ASCI, as well as attachments of audio, video, images and application programs.

Question 6

SMTP AUTH

Answer 6

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol–This is an extension of the SMTP where a client may log in using any authentication mechanism supported by the server. Mainly used by submission servers where authentication is mandatory.

Question 7

TLS

Answer 7

Transport Layer Security

Question 8

DNS

Answer 8

Domain Name System–Translates human locations to Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.