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—postmastership, n./pohst"mas'teuhr, -mah'steuhr/, n.1. the official in charge of a post office.2. (formerly) the master of a station that furnished post horses to travelers.[1505-15; POST3 + MASTER]
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Postmaster — (or Postmistress) refers to the head of an individual post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), the title of Postmaster General is commonly… … Wikipedia
Postmaster — ist der lokale Teil (engl. local part) einer E Mail Adresse, die nach Internetstandards wie RFC 822 und RFC 1123 jede Domain aufweisen muss, sofern sie E Mails unterstützt. Die Adresse ist dazu vorgesehen, unter noch so widrigen Umständen Kontakt … Deutsch Wikipedia
Postmaster — [»Postmeister«], der Name (gleichzeitig E Mail Adresse nach dem Schema postmaster@Host Name) einer Stelle, die für die Verwaltung von E Mail Diensten auf einem Mail Server zuständig ist. Meist ist der Postmaster eine reale Person, die für den… … Universal-Lexikon
postmaster — post‧mas‧ter [ˈpəʊstˌmɑːstə ǁ ˈpoʊstˌmæstər] noun [countable] the person in charge of a post office * * * postmaster UK US /ˈpəʊstˌmɑːstər/ US /ˈpəʊstˌmæstər/ noun [C] COMMUNICATIONS ► a person who is in charge of a post office … Financial and business terms
Postmaster — Post mas ter, n. 1. One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses. [1913 Webster] 2. One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution and forwarding of mails. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
postmaster — The manager in charge of a post office. (Compare with officer in charge) … Glossary of postal terms
postmaster — (or postmistress) ► NOUN ▪ a person in charge of a post office … English terms dictionary
postmaster — [pōst′mas΄tər] n. 1. Historical a person in charge of a station for post horses 2. a person in charge of a post office postmastership n … English World dictionary
Postmaster.co.uk — Infobox Software name = Postmaster.co.uk developer = Spider Networks Ltd released = 1997 latest release version = 9.0 latest release date = 2006 language = English genre = E mail, Webmail license = Proprietary website =… … Wikipedia
postmaster — n. the postmaster general * * * [ pəʊstˌmɑːstə] the postmaster general … Combinatory dictionary
postmaster — UK [ˈpəʊstˌmɑːstə(r)] / US [ˈpoʊstˌmæstər] noun [countable] Word forms postmaster : singular postmaster plural postmasters 1) someone whose job is to manage a post office 2) the person responsible for the computer on a network that sends,… … English dictionary
