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| Email Client -
A program used by the user to read and send email messages. As opposed to the email server, which is used to transport email from one location to another.
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| Email Server -
A program running on a server that is constantly connected to the internet. The email server is the point of contact for the email client, and is responsible for transporting the email from the sender to the recipient's email server. Email servers also store email data prior to delivery.
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| Encoding -
The process of formatting non-text data into ASCII format so that it can be sent as an attachment with an email. Email can only handle 7-bit ASCII text, however many types of files such as images are not saved as text; they are binary files. In order to send non-text binary information, the data must first be encoded into ASCII format on the sender's side, and decoded using the same procedure on the receiver's side. Common encoding methods include: MIME, BinHex, Uuencode, and Base64.
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