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Cards Term Address Book Definition The collection of E-mail addresses maintained by an e-mail program Term attachment Definition A file encoded so that it can be carried over the internet safely with an e-mail message Term Blind Courtesy Copy (Bcc) Definition An e-mail message sent to a recepient without that recipient's address appearing in the message Term Courtesy Copy Definition An e-mail message sent to other people in addition to the primary recipient(s) Term Detaching Definition the process of saving an e-mail attachment to a file location. Term electronic mail Definition E-mail Term e-mail Definition The transmission of messages over communications networks, such as the internet. Term e-mail address Definition A unique identifier consisting of a username and a host name that represents an individual's or group's e-mail account on a specific Web server Term e-mail program Definition Software that requests mail delivery from the mail server to your PC Term emoticon Definition a text-based symbol used in e-mail to convey humor or emotion Term filter Definition a feature in an e-mail program that examines the content of an e-mail message and then moves that e-mail message into a designated folder based on criteria defined by the user. Term forward Definition The process of sending a copy of a previously sent or recieved e-mail message to another recipient. Term From line Definition That part of an e-mail message header containing the e-mail address of a message's sender Term host computer Definition A computer connected to the internet on which users have accounts that are identified by user names Term host name Definition specifies the computer to which the mail is to be delivered on the internet Term IMAP Definition Internet Message Access Protocol Term Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) Definition A protocol for retrieving e-mail messages from a mail server Term Junk mail Definition Unsolicited e-mail mesages usually advritising or selling an item or service Term kilobyte (KB) Definition A unit ofmeasure for file sizes (1,024 bytes [8,192 bits]) Term mail client software Definition An e-mail program that requests mail delivery from a mail server to your PC. Term mail server Definition A hardware and software system that determines from the recipients e-mail address one of several electronic routes on which to send the message. Term mailing list Definition An e-mail address that represents a group of individual e-mail addresses Term message body Definition The content of an e-mail message Term Message Header Definition The part of an e-mail message containing information about the message's sender, recipient(s), and subject. Term MIME Definition Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Term Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Definition A protocol specifying how to encode nontext data, such as graphics and sound, so you can send it over the Internet Term Netiquette Definition The set of commonly accepted rules that reprsent proper behavior on the internet