THE EMAIL SPAMMING GLOSSARY FOR BEGINNERS BCC (Blind carbon copy)
Additional e-mail addresses besides the actual recipient to which a copy of the e-mail is sent without the addresses being displayed to the other recipients.
Subject
The subject of the e-mail, corresponding to the subject line in a conventional letter. The subject belongs to the header of the e-mail.
CC (Carbon copy)
Additional e-mail addresses besides the actual recipient to which a copy of the e-mail is sent. is sent.
Client
A computer program that runs on a terminal in a network and communicates with the associated server program on a server. For example, an e-mail client is an application such as Outlook or Thunderbird, which contacts an e-mail server to to retrieve e-mail from it or send e-mail through it.
DNS (Domain Name System)
A hierarchical, distributed naming system for computers, services, and any other resources connected to the Internet or a private network. In particular, the DNS service is used to translate human-readable domain names into the numeric IP addresses that computer services and devices use.
Domain
An area of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet. Domains are designated with domain names according to the rules of the Domain Name System (DNS).
Short for electronic mail. Messages transmitted electronically via computer networks, distinguished from other electronic forms of communication primarily by their similarity to the classic letter.
Exploit
A piece of software, a set of data, or a sequence of instructions that exploits a bug or vulnerability to cause unexpected operations in software of hardware, especially to take control of control of a computer system, to increase one's own privileges, or or to carry out denial-of-service attacks.
Header
The information at the beginning of an e-mail, most of which is not displayed for the most part. This includes address information (sender's and recipient's address), date and time, and information about the route that the message took.
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
A protocol to retrieve and store e-mails, developed as an alternative to POP. In contrast to POP, IMAP allows several clients to access the same clients to access the same mailbox at the same time.
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
An extension of the original protocol that allows the transmission of additional types of files as audio, video, images, etc. over the Internet. At the beginning of the transmission, the server inserts the MIME header, header, which the client uses to select the appropriate application for the specified of data.
Message ID
The unique identifier of an e-mail. To make it unique, the date and time are often included in it.
Nigeria scam
A widespread scam in which the perpetrator contacts the victim and asks for help in establishing a cross-border business relationship or taking their first steps in a foreign country. Sometimes a fraudulent nature is made obvious from the start, for example such as when the sender asks for help to smuggle a fortune out of the country and promises the recipient to a large sum of money for his help. Note, however, that these e-mails do not necessarily have to originate from Nigeria.
POP3 (Post Office Protocol)
A standard protocol that allows local email clients to download email from a server over an Internet connection. Its functionality is very limited and only allows to list the emails located on the server, downloading and deleting. For more sophisticated functions, a protocol protocol such as IMAP must be used.
Provider (Internet Service Provider)
Provider of services or content required for the use of services on the Internet, e.g. for the e-mail traffic.
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