Tag: secure SMTP

A Brief Guide to HIPAA Compliant SMTP Relaying

August 10, 2018

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is a way in which email travels across the internet with SMTP relaying. An SMTP relay is a mail server that passes on your email message to another server that can transfer your message to the intended recipient. Email providers like Gmail own and manage SMTP servers; some allow you […]

Understanding Email Services: A crash course in email jargon

July 23, 2013

You thought email was a simple concept, but you are at once confronted with a plethora of acronyms and jargon like POP, IMAP, WebMail, Aliases, Forwards, SMTP, IMAP, POP, Quota, SPAM, TLS, SSL, Archival, and more! This article describes the ins and outs of email, explains these terms, and helps you figure out what services […]