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Electronic communication using one of the accepted protocols.
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Application programme interface (API)
Software; Email
How a programme (application) accesses another to transmit data. A client may have an API connexion to load database information to an email vendor automatically and receive data back from the email.
Application service provider (ASP)
Software; Email
Company that provides a Web-based service. Clients don't have to instal software on their own computers; all tasks are performed on (hosted on) the ASP's servers.
Attachment
Software; Email
A computer file sent along with an email message. E-mail programmes make it easy to attach a file of any type and attachments are widely used to transfer photos, documents, music and videos from one ...
Autoresponder
Software; Email
Automated email message-sending capability, such as a welcome message sent to all new subscribers the minute they join a list. May be triggered by joins, unsubscribes, all email sent to a particular ...
Bayesian philtre
Software; Email
An anti-spam programme that evaluates header and content of incoming email messages to determine the probability that it is spam. Bayesian philtres assign point values to items that appear frequently ...
Blind carbon copy (BCC)
Software; Email
Refers to the practise of sending a message to multiple recipients in such a way that conceals individual email addresses from the complete list of recipients.
