E-mail terms

Updated: 11/12/2023 by Computer Hope

E-mail terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 90 terms like server, Hotmail, Gmail, and Outlook. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'I' to find terms like 'inbox' in the 'I' section.

Internet terms
Top 10 e-mail terms
E-mail message

E-mail
Server
Username
Junk mail folder
Domain
Hotmail
E-mail header
@
Inbox
Outlook

Number

@

A

Address book
Aol Mail
Apple Mail
At
At sign
Attachment
Automatic response

B

BCC
Blacklist
Body
Bounce
Bulk e-mail

C

CC
Chain mail
Communications protocol
Contact
Cover page
Curmbox

D

DIME
Distribution list
Domain

E

E-mail
E-mail bomb
E-mail header
ESP
Exchange

F

Flag
FNEA
Follow-up flag
Forward

G

Gmail
Goat
Graymail

H

Header
HELO
Hotmail
Hushmail

I

IMAP
Inbox

J

Joe Job
Junk mail
Junk mail folder

K

Currently, no listings.

L

LDAP
LISTSERV

M
E-mail mailbox

Magic link
Mailbox
Mail exploder
Mail list
Mail merge
Mail relay
Mail server
Mail transfer agent
Majordomo
MAPI
MAPS
Mdaemon
Message body
MIME
MTA

N

Newsletter
Nim

O

OOTO
Opt
Outbox
Outlook
Out of the office reply

P

Phishing
Pine
POP
POP2
POP3
Postmaster
Preview pane
Priority
PST
Push e-mail

Q

Currently, no listings.

R

RBL
Re
Receive
Recipient
Reply
Return address
Return receipt
Rule

S
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, or SMTP

ScanPST
Send
Sent items
Server
Signature
SMTP
Snail mail
Spam
Spammer
Spear phishing
Spoof
Spool
Sub
Subject
Subscribe
Substack

T

Thunderbird

U

UCE
Undo send
Unsolicited Commercial Email
Unsubscribe
Username
Uuencode

V

Currently, no listings.

W

Webmail
WeTransfer
Windows Mail

X

X.400
X.500

Y

Yahoo!
Yahoo Mail

Z

Zarafa

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