Glossary

Review the definitions for terms used across Email Security (formerly Area 1) documentation.

Term	Definition
attribute	traffic that flows through Area 1 can receive one or more attributes, which indicate that a specific condition has been met.
disposition	represents Area 1's evaluation of a specific message. For example, after evaluating an email it may get a disposition of `malicious`. Email messages with this disposition exhibit characteristics typical of malicious emails.
phishing	the practice of trying to acquire sensitive data through fraudulent emails or other means. Usually, the perpetrators try to pass for a legitimate company when asking for sensitive data.
SMTP	stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It is an Internet standard based on TCP/IP to send and receive email.