Gmail

Key Words and Phrases

• Browser: This is the software used to access the internet and view web pages, such as Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.
• Accounts: This refers to the email accounts you have connected to your Gmail account.
• Check mail from other accounts: This is a feature that allows you to receive emails from other email accounts within your Gmail inbox.
• POP3: The method used to retrieve emails from your email account.
• IMAP: This is another way to get your emails from your email account, and it works better if you want to use multiple devices to check your mail. IMAP will sync your inboxes.
• SMTP: This is a protocol used to send emails from your email client to a mail server.
• Port: This is a number used to identify different types of internet traffic (such as email or web browsing).
• SSL/TLS: Security protocols used to protect your email from being read by unauthorized users.
• Verification code: This is a unique code that you need to enter to confirm that you have access to the email account you are trying to connect.
• Username: Your email address.
• Password: The secret code that allows you to access your email account.
• Email address: The unique address that identifies your email account, such as name@domain.co.nz.
• Incoming mail server: The place where your email is received.
• Outgoing mail server: The place where your email is sent from.