Microsoft Exchange terms starting with R

40 terms

RBL (real-time block list) A database of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of sources that have been verified as being unsolicited commercial e-mail (also known as spam).
Receive connector A connector that is used to receive mail from remote mail systems based on administrator-defined address spaces.
recipient An Active Directory object that is mail-enabled, mailbox-enabled, or that can receive e-mail messages.
Recipient Block list An administrator-defined list of recipients for which mail coming in from the Internet should never be accepted. [Exchange 2007]
recipient policy A policy that is applied to mail-enabled objects to generate e-mail addresses. Recipient policies can be defined to apply to thousands of users, groups…
Recipient Update Service An Exchange Server 2003 service that updates the recipient objects within a domain with specific types of information.
remote delivery queue A group of temporary queues that hold messages that are being delivered to a remote destination by using SMTP.
remote device wipe A technology that enables the Exchange server to set a mobile device to erase all data the next time the device connects to the Exchange server.
Replay Suspend One of four health states of a storage group copy. Replay Suspend indicates that an administrator has temporarily halted log replay. [Exchange 2007]
replica seeder Also known as seeder, the replica seeder is an internal component that is responsible for seeding the passive copy for storage groups that are enabled for…
replicas A copy of a public folder that contains all of the folder's contents, permissions, and design elements, such as forms behavior and views.
Replication The in vivo synthesis of double-stranded DNA by copying from a single-stranded template.
Replication ID A 16-byte value generated from the unique identifier on a device, the current date and time, and a sequence number.
residential server The Exchange server that contains a user's mailbox.
resource Data, metadata, a collection of data, or a collection of metadata accessed as a content item. Examples: a document, a database table, a content class.
Resource Booking Attendant A calendaring feature that automatically manages resources. Resource requests are automatically accepted or denied depending on availability and policies.
Resource mailbox A mailbox that is associated with a resource instead of a user (such as a conference room for reservation purposes). In Exchange 5.
reverse proxy server A reverse proxy server is similar to a regular proxy server used for outbound network traffic except that it relays connection requests for inbound…
Revocation Withdrawing the protections associated with a patent grant.
RFC (Request for Comments) An official document of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that specifies the details for protocols included in the TCP/IP family. [Exchange 2007]
RGC (Routing Group Connector) A connector in Exchange 2000 that connects routing groups to one another. An RGC is uni-directional and can have separate configuration properties (such…
role See site group.
room mailbox A room mailbox is a type of resource mailbox that is assigned to a meeting location such as a conference room, auditorium, or training room.
round robin A simple mechanism used by DNS servers to share and distribute loads for network resources.
Routing The methods of predicting the attenuation of a flood wave as it moves down the course of a river.
Routing Engine This COM component runs on the Event Service on Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5.
routing group A collection of Servers running Exchange 2000 that can transfer messaging data to one another in a single-hop without going through a bridgehead.
routing group connector An SMTP connector that is required for mail to flow between Exchange routing groups.
Routing Objects Component Object Model (COM) objects that are used to program Exchange's routing engine behavior.
Routing service A component in Exchange 2000 that builds link state information. [Exchange 2000]
routing table Contains information that the MTA needs to route messages. [Exchange 5.5]
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.
RPC (Remote Procedure Calls) A reliable synchronous protocol that transfers data between clients and servers, and between servers.
RR (read receipt) A notice that a message was read by its intended recipient. [Exchange 5.5]
RSG (recovery storage group) A special storage group that enables you to mount a mailbox database, extract data from the mounted database, and then either copy the extracted data to a…
RTAudio An advanced speech codec that is designed for real-time two-way Voice over IP (VoIP) applications such as gaming, audio conferencing, and wireless…
Rule an authoritative direction for conduct or procedure.
rule collection An ordered set of rules for the purpose of implementing a messaging policy. The number of rule collections is set at design time. [Exchange 2007]
RUS (Recipient Update Service) This is part of the Exchange System Attendant and is responsible for keeping Address Lists up-to-date and creating proxy addresses for users.
RVP (Rendezvous Protocol) (Note that this name is preliminary). The Microsoft published protocol that is used between the MSN Messenger service and the Instant Messaging server…