XGEN: Exchange Server and Exchange 2000 Server Acronyms (273837)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
This article was previously published under Q273837

SUMMARY

This article provides descriptions for some of the acronyms and file extensions that are used in Exchange Server and Exchange 2000 Server.

MORE INFORMATION

Acronym     Description
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.edb         rich text format store used by Messaging Application
             Programming Interface (MAPI) clients (Exchange 2000) 

.stm         streaming store for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
             (MIME) and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) formats
             (Exchange 2000) 

BLOB         binary large object 

DL           distribution list (In Exchange 2000, DLs are referred to as
             mail-enabled groups) 

ESE          Extensible Storage Engine (Exchange 2000) 

IFS          installable file system (Exchange 2000)
 
IIS          Internet Information Service 

LDAP         Lightweight Directory Access Protocol  

MAPI         Messaging Application Program Interface
 
MTA          message transfer agent
 
RC           release candidate (used to describe a product before that
             product is released to manufacturing [RTM]) 

RPC          remote procedure call
 
RTM          released to manufacturing
 
SRS          Site Replication Service (used as a shadow directory service
             to fool Exchange Server 5.5 into thinking the Exchange 2000
             server has a local directory)
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/25/2005
Keywords:kbinfo KB273837
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