Microsoft Exchange 5.5

Microsoft Exchange 5.5 terms

1. Address Book A directory of address lists available to Exchange users that enables them to address e-mail messages, and select conferencing resources.
2. address list A collection of recipient and other Active Directory objects. Each address list can contain one or more types of objects (for example, users, contacts…
3. address space Address information that identifies a message and its route. [Exchange 5.5]
4. Administrator program A graphical user interface that enables administrators to manage and configure Exchange objects, such as organizations, sites, and servers. [Exchange 5.5]
5. advanced security Provides administrators and users with the ability to protect and verify messages. [Exchange 5.5]
6. alias Called by another name.
7. anonymous public folder A public folder that anonymous users can access. [Exchange 5.5]
8. anonymous user A non-validated user who is not recognized by the server, and who can access only published folders and address lists. [Exchange 2003]
9. authentication The process of validating the credentials of a person, computer process, or device.
10. backbone The bones, muscles, tendons, and other tissues that reach from the base of the skull to the tailbone.
11. bridgehead server A nominated server that acts as a message transfer point between Exchange 2000 routing groups.
12. Browser An application, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, used to view and navigate the World Wide Web and other Internet resources.
13. certificate Digital signature combining data verification and encryption key. See PKI Digital Signature.
14. client-server architecture The structural basis of Exchange. The client sends requests to a server, and the server carries out the instructions. [Exchange 5.5]
15. connector A hold'em starting hand in which the two cards are one apart in rank. Examples: KQs, 76.
16. Container In the Exchange Administrator program, an object that contains other objects. For example, the Recipients container is composed of recipient objects.
17. control message A command used by USENET host computers to create and remove newsgroups or cancel messages that have already been posted. [Exchange 5.5]
18. cross certification Enables organizations to establish trust with other organizations so that users can verify the digital signature of messages sent by users in other…
19. custom recipient In Exchange 5.5 and earlier, a custom recipient is a user who is not hosted by Exchange.
20. delegate A person with permission to manage mail for another user, send mail for another user, or do both. [Exchange 5.5]
21. digital signature The electronic equivalent of a handwritten signature, a digital signature is a unique block of text that verifies a user's identity and is appended to a…
22. direct postoffice A postoffice connected through a local area network (LAN), an asychronous connection, or an X.25 connection. [Exchange 5.5]
23. Directory A simulated file folder or container used to organize files and directories in a hierarchical or tree-like structure.
24. directory export The process of exporting user account information from the directory. [Exchange 5.5]
25. directory hierarchy In the Administrator program, the hierarchical structure of objects in the directory. [Exchange 5.5]
26. directory import The process of importing user account information into the directory. [Exchange 5.5]
27. directory object A record such as a server, mailbox, or distribution list in the directory. Every object has properties that can be defined. [Exchange 5.5]
28. directory replication The process of updating the directories of all servers within and between sites. [Exchange 5.5]
29. directory replication bridgehead server An Exchange computer that acts as the endpoint of a directory replication connection between its site and a remote site, and requests directory updates…
30. directory synchronization The process of synchronizing directory information about Exchange users from Active Directory with the directory of another messaging system.
31. distribution list A group of recipients addressed as a single recipient. Administrators can create distribution lists that are available in the Address Book.
32. DNS (Domain Name System) An Internet service that translates domain names into PI addresses.
33. Domain A sub-network of servers and computers within a LAN. Domain information is useful when restoring backup tapes, particularly of email.
34. domain controller In an Active Directory forest, a server that contains a writable copy of the Active Directory database, participates in Active Directory replication, and…
35. DR (delivery receipt) A notice confirming that a message was delivered to its intended recipient. [Exchange 5.5]
36. Dynamic RAS Connector An Exchange component that routes messages between sites on the same local area network (LAN) using the Windows NT Remote Access Service (RAS).
37. e-mail addresses The addresses by which recipients (mailboxes, distribution lists, custom recipients, and public folders) are known to foreign systems. [Exchange 5.5]
38. Encryption A procedure that renders the contents of a message or file unintelligible to anyone not authorized to read it.
39. Fault-Tolerance The ability of a processor to maintain mission effectiveness after some subsystems failed.
40. Firewall A set of related programs that protect the resources of a private network from users from other networks.
41. foreign system A messaging system other than Exchange. [Exchange 5.5]
42. form The mass or shape of an object or objects that appears unified, such as a vegetative opening in a forest, a cliff formation, or a water tank.
43. GAL (global address list) A list that contains all Exchange users, contacts, groups, conferencing resources, and public folders in an organization.
44. gateway An element that contained a node on the SDS backbone network as well as on some other network(s) and would have performed protocol and format conversions…
45. home server The Exchange server that contains a user's mailbox.
46. HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) The tag-based ASCII language used to create pages on the Web.
47. HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) The underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. HTTP defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers…
48. IMAP4rev1 (Internet Message Access Protocol, Version 4rev1) Enables clients to access and manipulate messages stored within their private and public folders on an Exchange computer. [Exchange 5.5]
49. inbound host The host computer that provides a newsfeed. [Exchange 5.5]
50. information service A tool that enables Exchange and foreign systems to exchange mail. [Exchange 5.5]
51. information store An Exchange core component that stores users' mailboxes and folders. See also public information store, private information store. [Exchange 5.5]
52. Internet A worldwide network of networks that all use the TCP/IP communications protocol and share a common address space.
53. Internet e-mail address Consists of a user name and a domain name, with the two separated by an at (@) sign, such as username@company.com. [Exchange 5.5]
54. Internet Mail Service An Exchange component that enables users to exchange messages with Internet users.
55. Internet News Service Enables Microsoft Outlook users and users of third-party Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) applications to participate in USENET newsgroup discussions.
56. intranet A private network that uses Internet-related technologies to provide services within an organization.
57. key A block, often used in a series, which projects beyond the edge of the enframement of an opening and is joined with the surrounding masonry.
58. Key Management server (KM server) An Exchange computer installed with advanced security information. [Exchange 5.5]
59. LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Enables LDAP clients to access directory information from an Exchange directory. [Exchange 5.5]
60. local delivery message A message sent between recipients that share the same home server. [Exchange 5.5]
61. Mailbox An area on a storage device where email is placed. In email systems, each user has a private mailbox.
62. MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) The API that is used by Microsoft messaging applications such as Outlook to access collaboration data.
63. messaging profile A group of settings that provide Exchange with information about a client's configuration. [Exchange 5.5]
64. Microsoft Mail Connector An Exchange component that provides connectivity to Microsoft Mail for PC Networks gateways and Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks (also known as…
65. Microsoft Outlook Web Access Interact with the ActiveX Server function built into Microsoft Internet Information Server.
66. Microsoft Schedule+ Free/Busy Connector Enables users to share free and busy information with one another. [Exchange 5.5]
67. MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) An Internet standard that allows different forms of data including video, audio, or binary data to be attached to e-mail without requiring translation…
68. MTA (message transfer agent) The component in all versions of Exchange Server that transfers messages between servers using the X.400 protocol. [Exchange 2000]
69. multiple password policy Enables administrators to configure the Key Management (KM) server to require multiple passwords to perform certain tasks. [Exchange 5.5]
70. NDR (non-delivery report) A notice that a message was not delivered to the recipient. [Exchange 2003]
71. newsfeed The periodic transfer of newly posted newsgroup articles from one NNTP server to another using the NNTP protocol.
72. newsgroup An online discussion group that users with news readers can participate in. An IBM® Lotus® Domino™ NNTP server can store USENET newsgroups, public…
73. NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) Protocol that supports reading newsgroups, posting new articles, and transferring articles between news servers.
74. NRN (non-read notification) A notice that a message was deleted before it was read. [Exchange 5.5]
75. object An entity such as a file, folder, shared folder, printer, or Active Directory object, described by a distinct, named set of attributes.
76. offline address books Contain the recipient objects found in any Recipients container in the directory. [Exchange 5.5]
77. organization A collection of Exchange computers grouped into sites. [Exchange 5.5]
78. outbound host The host computer that receives a newsfeed. [Exchange 5.5]
79. permission Authorization for a user to perform an action, such as sending e-mail for another user or posting items in a public folder.
80. POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) A mail protocol that allows clients running it to retrieve mail from a host mail server also running the protocol. You can enable POP3 on a Domino server.
81. private information store The part of the information store that maintains information in users' mailboxes. [Exchange 5.5]
82. profile A sectional view showing grades and distances, usually taken along the centerline.
83. protocol An action plan for a clinical trial. The plan states what the study will do, how, and why.
84. public folder A folder that coworkers can use to share a wide range of information, such as project and work information, discussions about a general subject, and…
85. public folder affinity Enables users in one site to open public folders on servers in other sites. [Exchange 5.5]
86. public folder replication The process of keeping copies of public folders on other servers up-to-date and synchronized with each other. [Exchange 2003]
87. public information store The part of the information store that maintains information in public folders. [Exchange 5.5]
88. recipient An Active Directory object that is mail-enabled, mailbox-enabled, or that can receive e-mail messages.
89. Replication The in vivo synthesis of double-stranded DNA by copying from a single-stranded template.
90. Revocation Withdrawing the protections associated with a patent grant.
91. role See site group.
92. Routing The methods of predicting the attenuation of a flood wave as it moves down the course of a river.
93. routing table Contains information that the MTA needs to route messages. [Exchange 5.5]
94. RPC (remote procedure call) A message-passing facility that allows a distributed application to call services that are available on various computers on a network.
95. RR (read receipt) A notice that a message was read by its intended recipient. [Exchange 5.5]
96. security context The security attributes or rules that are currently in effect. For example, the rules that govern what a user can do to a protected object are determined…
97. service account A Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 user account that is used to run some Exchange services. [Exchange 2003]
98. signing An advanced security feature that verifies the sender's identity and verifies that the message hasn't been modified during transit. [Exchange 5.5]
99. Site In archeology, any location of past human activity.
100. Site Connector An Exchange component that enables users in sites on the same local area network (LAN) to exchange messages. [Exchange 5.5]