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What is MIME
Modern e-mail clients support this , allowing users to receive various types of files as attachments to e-mail messages.
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What is Pretty Good Privacy
(PGP)
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What is digital certificates
S/MIME supports encryption and the use of this in e-mail
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What is Mail Delivery Agent
(MDA)
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What is Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
An alternative to S/MIME is , a method developed by Philip Zimmerman for encrypting and decrypting e-mail messages.
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What is Message Transfer Agent
(MTA)
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What is public-key
PGP uses this encryption system.
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What is Mail User Agent
(MUA)
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What is Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG)
Is an open-source implementation of PGP that is free and can be used, modified and distributed.
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What is Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
(MIME)
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