From ec59aba7546e348990006aa7040850fb86206e6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: shockrahwow Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:32:39 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] basic notes about the mail services lecture --- 412/mail.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 412/mail.md diff --git a/412/mail.md b/412/mail.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4986b38 --- /dev/null +++ b/412/mail.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +# Email Service + +> Standards + +Try to keep things with standard protocols + +> Automation + +Have some system that can create emails for you instead of manually creating them + +> Redundancy + +Backup mail servers to insure against partial loss + +> POP/IMAP + +Most servers accept IMAP and not POP anymore + +> Encryption + +For the most part we use SSL on the mail server to retain privacy among the users. +