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mail is typically created and sent
using an email client program called a Mail User Agent (MUA) . |
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Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Live Essentials
Outlook for Macintosh
Eudora
Web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Firefox (if
connecting to web-based email systems like Gmail, Hotmail,
and Yahoo Mail). |
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the email server contains a program called the Mail Transfer
Agent (MTA) that decides where to send the email that it
receives from the MUA. |
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Microsoft Exchange
Lotus Domino
Novell GroupWise
Sendmail
Postfix |
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he target email server contains a program called a Mail
Delivery Agent (MDA) that it uses to deliver the mail to the
correct mailbox on the email server. |
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| What is the process of retrieving mail? |
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Definition
If the email needs to be delivered to a user in the same
organization, then the MTA sends the email to its own MDA,
which it then uses to deliver the email to the correct mailbox
for the recipient.
Recipients can then use their own MUA to retrieve the email. |
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When you type an email into an MUA (using SMTP to
transmit), the text itself is: |
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Definition
Either left unformatted (plain text )
Or formatted using HTML or Rich Text Format (RTF) to allow
different font, colors, and pictures. |
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| how many ascii characters does smtp support? |
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Definition
| 7-bit ascii characters (plain text) |
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MIME, (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions), defines
mechanisms for sending other kinds of information in email |
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| MIME allows mail messages to contain: |
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Definition
Multiple objects in a single message
Text having unlimited line length or overall length
Character sets other than ASCII, allowing non-English
language messages
Multi-font messages
Binary or application-specific files
Images, audio , video and multi-media messages. |
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| what is the process when a client wants to send an email message conisting of MIME? |
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Definition
EHLO is first issued to smtp
f the response is code 250 and the server includes the
8BITMIME extension, the server is indicating that it supports
the extended MAIL command and will then accept MIME messages. |
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| when is http protocol used in terms of exchange. |
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Definition
email server hosts a Web site that allows you to view and compose
emails using your web browser or email client program. |
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| what uses http in exchange |
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Definition
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| what protocols can be used to retrieve email? |
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| POP3 downloads and erases the email from the mailbox on the email server. |
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IMAP4 allows you to view emails while leaving a copy in the
mailbox on the email server. |
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| what are the port numbers of pop3, imap4? |
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Definition
port 110 - POP3
Port 143 - IMAP4 |
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Term
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Definition
allows a computer program to
cause a subroutine or procedure to execute in another address
space (commonly on another computer on a shared network)
without the programmer explicitly coding the details for this
remote interaction. |
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| what can be used alongside with RPC? |
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Definition
MAPI component of Windows to take advantage of all the
features available in Exchange Server. |
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| Outlook 2003,07,10 clients can use this feature to connect to a remote microsoft exchange server. |
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| What is the process of RPC over HTTP packets? |
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Definition
RPCs are encapsulated in HTTP packets in Outlook before they
are sent across the Internet to an RPC over HTTP proxy, which
removes the encapsulation and forwards the RPCs to the
Exchange server. |
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| In exchange 07/10 what is RPC over HTTP marketed as? |
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| What is Exchange ActiveSync? |
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Definition
Exchange ActiveSync lets you synchronize a mobile phone with
your Exchange mailbox. |
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