E-Mail In An Instant 34 Get a Grip on the Jargon Technology in general, and e-mail in particular, has a whole slew of crazy words, abbreviations, and acronyms that can make a relatively simple process--such as setting up your new e-mail account--complicated and frustrating. Following is a list of com- mon terms and what they mean to the average e-mail user. Archive. A way of compressing and storing e-mails that takes them out of your e-mail program and places them in a separate, less readily accessible file. If you notice that it's taking longer and longer to download new messages, it's probably because you have too many