Mail Server (MailSrv)
A Windows NT service that sends and receives electronic mail on a TCP/IP network by using the SMTP and POP3 protocols. Also simply referred to as an SMTP server, this tool is provided in the Windows NT Server Resource Kit.
Management Information Databases (MIBs)
Software that describes manageable aspects of your network that use the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The MIB files included with Windows NT can be used by third-party SNMP monitors to enable SNMP monitoring.
Microsoft dbWeb
A database publishing gateway provided in the Windows NT Server Resource Kit. dbWeb can run under Internet Information Server to provide public access to private enterprise ODBC sources as specified by an administrator of the private enterprise.
The Microsoft Network (MSN)
Online service that offers a free Internet site to all Internet users. Subscribers can also use proprietary information and obtain Internet access.
MIME
See Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.
modem
Modulator/demodulator. A communications device that enables a computer to transmit information over a standard telephone line.
MPR
See multiprotocol routing.
multihomed system
A system with multiple network adapters attached to separate physical networks.
multiport serial adapter
A communications device that enables a computer to simultaneously transmit information over standard telephone lines to multiple computers. Similar to multiple modems contained in one device. See also modem.
multiprotocol routing (MPR)
Enables routing over IP and IPX networks by connecting LANs or by connecting LANs to WANs. MPR refers to both the RIP for Internet Protocol service and the RIP for NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport service.
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
A standard mechanism for specifying and describing the format of Internet message bodies. MIME enables the exchanging of objects, different character sets, and multimedia in e-mail on different computer systems. Defined in RFC 1521.
MX record
The MX (mail exchanger) resource record specifies a mail exchange server for a DNS domain name. A mail exchange server is a host (computer or other network device) that will either process or forward mail for the DNS domain name.