Email management is the process of organizing and managing email messages. This can include tasks such as sorting emails into folders, deleting unwanted messages, and responding to messages in a timely manner. email management can help to keep an inbox organized and tidy, making it easier to find important messages and respond to them quickly. … Read more
WINS is a Microsoft technology for mapping IP addresses to NetBIOS names. It is similar to the Domain Name System (DNS), which maps IP addresses to domain names. WINS was introduced in Windows NT 4.0 and is included in all subsequent versions of Windows. WINS is used primarily in small networks where a DNS server … Read more
A unified messaging server (UM server) is a server that consolidates various types of communication, such as email, voicemail, fax, and text messaging, into a single inbox. This allows users to manage all of their communication from a single location. There are a number of benefits to using a UM server. First, it can help … Read more
A Database Availability Group (DAG) is a group of Mailbox servers that provides automatic database-level recovery from a failed Mailbox server in a Exchange Server environment. A DAG contains a copy of each mailbox database hosted on Mailbox servers that are members of the DAG. When a Mailbox server experiences a database failure, the Mailbox … Read more
MAPI (Messaging Application Program Interface) is a set of COM (Component Object Model) interfaces that Outlook uses to interact with email servers. MAPI is the underlying protocol that Microsoft Outlook uses to connect to Microsoft Exchange Server. MAPI was originally designed to provide a common set of APIs for email applications. However, over time it … Read more
Certified e-mail (authenticated e-mail or stamped e-mail) is an email service that uses cryptographic signatures and time stamps to verify the sender’s identity and the integrity of the message. Certified e-mail services are designed to provide a higher level of security than traditional email services. Certified e-mail services typically use digital signatures to verify the … Read more
The Telephony Application Programming Interface (TAPI) is a Microsoft Windows API that provides computer telephony integration and enables PCs to control telephony devices and exchange information with phone systems. It was first introduced in 1992. TAPI can be used to develop telephony applications such as call control, caller ID, and voicemail. It also allows third-party … Read more
A file allocation table (FAT) is a table that an operating system uses to track which blocks of disk space are allocated to each file. Each entry in the table contains the starting block number and the length of the file. The FAT is used to locate the files on the disk so that they … Read more
A PST file is a Microsoft Outlook data file that stores email messages, contacts, tasks, and other items. PST files are used to back up email data for Microsoft Outlook. They can also be used to migrate email data from one computer to another or to transfer email data from an email account to a … Read more
The term “Greylist (or graylist)” refers to a method of email filtering that is used to combat spam. Greylisting works by temporarily rejecting all email messages from sources that it does not recognize. Once the sender has been verified, future messages from that sender will be accepted. Greylisting can be an effective tool in combating … Read more
