Appendix A - Glossary Of Terms

• ACL - Access Control List
• API - Application Programming Interface. A software interface for developers
• CIDR - Classless Inter-Domain Routing. Specifies aggregated IP addresses as a subnet and a routing prefix
• DBA - Database Administrator
• Dispatcher - a NAF component
• DNS - Domain Name System
• DR - Delivery Report. Depending on usage, this can specifically mean a positive DR, or it can generically cover all DRs, including NDRs
• DSN - Delivery Status Notification (alternative term for a DR)
• ESMTP - Extended SMTP
• IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol (an MS-access protocol)
• J2SE - Java 2 Standard Edition, another term for the standard Java JDK download
• JAR - Java Archive, this is the type and file extension of the binary code files that represent a Java application
• JDBC - Java Database Connectivity, Java's database API
• JDK - Java Development Kit. A Java bundle which includes a JRE and development tools
• JRE - Java Runtime Environment. Basic environment for running JVMs
• JVM - Java Virtual Machine
• Mailismus - this mail-server suite
• MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (standards for multi-media mail formats)
• MQC - Mail Queue Cluster. The file-type of the Mailismus Queue's control-info storage files (see §4)
• MS - Message Store (mailboxes)
• MSA - Message Submission Agent (an outbound MTA configured specifically for local clients)
• MTA - Message Transfer Agent (technical term for the message-switching core of a mail server)
• MUA - Message User Agent. This is the email client application, in which you send, receive, read and compose emails, eg. Outlook, Thunderbird, Eudora, Pine
• NAF - Network Application Framework (see Guide)
• NAFlet - NAF Applet
• NAFMAN - NAF Manager
• NDR - Non-Delivery Report (notifies original senders of bounced messages)
• OS - Operating System (eg. Linux, MS-Windows, MacOS/OS-X)
• POP - Post Office Protocol (an MS-access protocol)
• POP3 - POP version 3 (the only extant version)
• QID - Queue ID. In combination with the SPID, this identifies an individual recipient on the Mailismus Queue and QIDs are unique relative to that message's SPID
• RFC - Request For Comment (an official Internet document or standard)
• SASL - Simple Authentication and Security Layer (a family of authentication mechanisms)
• SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (specifies the dialogue between MTAs - RFC 821 and successors)
• SPF - Sender Protection Framework
• SPID - Spool ID. Uniquely identifies the message contents of each message on the Mailismus Queue, and is associated with one or more QIDs
• VM - Virtual Machine (usually refers to the Java VM - see JVM)