Terms

The following terms are used throughout this document:

Username/UserId
A name assigned by your provider which is used  as an access code to the AxcessPoint Mail & Web system. The name consists of a sequence of alpha numeric characters excluding spaces and in lower case letters. The username is also the first part of your email address as in 'your_assigned_username@myiridium.net'.

Password
A sequence of characters that only you know which is used to secure access to the AxcessPoint Mail & Web system.

Domain
The domain portion of an email address. In an address of the form 'your_assigned_username@myiridium.net' the myiridium.net is the domain name.

Primary Account
An AxcessPoint Mail & Web account that can be accessed via the application over the internet using the AxcessPoint WiFi device. It has a unique email address and is a fully privileged email account with mail and spam filtering and virus checking.

Network Address
The TCP/IP address of a machine connected to a network.

Host
A server on a network.

Gateway
A server on a network (usually the Internet) that acts as a "gateway" to access a service. For example, mail.myiridium.net, is the name of the gateway used by AxcessPoint Mail to access the Iridium mail server.