7 terms
DKIM is an email authentication method that signs messages with a domain key so receivers can verify the sender domain and detect tampering.
DMARC is an email authentication policy that aligns SPF and DKIM with the visible From domain and tells receivers how to handle failing mail.
IMAP is the Internet mail access protocol that lets clients read and organize messages kept on the server, keeping every device in sync.
A mail transfer agent is the email infrastructure server software that receives, queues, routes and relays messages between mail systems over SMTP.
POP3 is the Post Office Protocol version 3, a simple email retrieval protocol that downloads messages from a mailbox server to one client device.
SMTP is the Internet standard protocol that email servers and clients use to submit, relay and deliver messages between mail systems across networks.
SPF is an email authentication method in which a domain publishes in DNS which servers may send its mail, letting receivers detect forged senders.