- Mailing List
- A system to redistribute mails from one person to
many other people who are interested in that mail. Mailing lists are used to create
online discussion, similar to newsgroups, with the difference the mails are sent
automatically while newsgroups require the user to actively retrieve the
information. See also e-mail, newsgroup.
- MAPI
- See messaging application programmable interface.
- Megabyte
- 1024 Kilobytes, sometimes 1000 Kilobytes. See also
kilobyte, byte, bit.
- Message Handling System
- X.400 series of recommendations of abstract services
and protocols used to provide electronic mail services in an OSI networking
environment. X.500 is a series of recommendations that provide a distributed,
user-friendly subscriber directory to help users address X.400 messages. These
services are called simply the Directory.
- Message Transfer Agents
- Part of the X.400 OSI stack. Responsible for the
actual transport of the message between user agents. MTA's typically reside on
separate machines.
- Messaging Application Programmable Interface
- Microsoft standard for accessing mail on a server,
similar to IMAP. See also IMAP.
- MHS
- See message handling system.
- Micropayments
- Payments that have a value between a fraction of a
cent and roughly ten Dollars or Euro.
- MIME
- See multipurpose internet mail extensions.
- Mirror Sites
- Sites that contain exact copies of the original
site. They are used to spread the load over several sites and to speed up the
download for the customers by placing the server nearer to them.
- Modem
- See modulator demodulator.
- Modulator Demodulator
- Device between computer and phone line that converts
computer signals to a form that can be used to transport the data over telephone
networks.
- MTA
- See message transfer agents.
- MUD
- See multi-user dungeon.
- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- Format for attaching binary files to e-mails.
Enables multi-part/multimedia messages to be sent over the Internet. This standard
was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). See als binhex,
uuencode.
- Multi-User Dungeon
- Environment for multi-user role games. Every user
plays a different role in the game and is able to communicate and interact with
others. Example: telnet 130.149.19.20 7680.
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