E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums
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* [[Internet e-mail message format]] (RFC 733/RFC 822/RFC 2822/RFC 5322) | * [[Internet e-mail message format]] (RFC 733/RFC 822/RFC 2822/RFC 5322) | ||
* [[Maildir]] | * [[Maildir]] | ||
| + | * [[Mailpile]] | ||
* [[mbox]] | * [[mbox]] | ||
* [[MLM]] (Novell Groupwise) | * [[MLM]] (Novell Groupwise) | ||
| + | * Outlook | ||
| + | ** [[PST]] - Outlook Personal Storage Table | ||
* [[Pegasus Mail]] | * [[Pegasus Mail]] | ||
* [[POP]] | * [[POP]] | ||
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* [[QWK]] | * [[QWK]] | ||
* [[SMTP]] | * [[SMTP]] | ||
Revision as of 13:48, 3 August 2013
Formats for the storage or transmission of messages (singly or in groups) for electronic mail, discussion lists, forums, newsgroups, BBSs, social networking, etc. See also Web, Address books and contacts.
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Abbreviations, conventions, etc. in messaging
Online messages can be a language all their own, with different dialects for different types of messages, but often "leaking" from one service to another. Here are a few of the things to watch out for:
- Emoticons - smileys, frowneys, etc :-)
- Hashtags, at-signs, retweets, etc. - Twitterisms that often turn up elsewhere
- Txtspeak - various abbreviations sometimes used in chats
Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs)
- Fido BBS
- FidoNet message packet
- FidoNet nodelist
- Opus-CBCS (BBS software)
- Opus Embedded Commands (OEC)
Chat, Texting and Instant Messaging
- AOL Instant Messenger
- ICQ
- IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
- SMS (text messaging on phones)
- XMPP (Jabber)
- AOL
- AOL e-mail messages
- AOL Personal Filing Cabinet (includes e-mail as well as other things)
- Blue Wave
- Eudora
- Internet e-mail message format (RFC 733/RFC 822/RFC 2822/RFC 5322)
- Maildir
- Mailpile
- mbox
- MLM (Novell Groupwise)
- Outlook
- PST - Outlook Personal Storage Table
- Pegasus Mail
- POP
- QWK
- SMTP
- SOUP
Forums
Secure messaging
Social Networking
Transfer Encodings
- Base64
- MIME
- Mime-type
- Quoted-printable
- Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF; winmail.dat)
- UUEncoding
- yEnc
Usenet
Links
- Online, Underground: In-progress written history of online messageboards
- Opt out of PRISM: surveillance-free alternatives to things including social networking and messaging
- India to send world's last telegram. Stop.
- How to self-host your own mail server in the cloud
- NSA Says It Can’t Search Its Own Emails (Just everybody else's!)
- How can I find out where an email really came from?
