The term Administrative Management Domain, more commonly shortened to ADMD, is used in many standards and related publications related to email. It refers to a single entity operating one or more computers within one or more Internet domain names under said entity’s control. One example might be a small company with a single server handling email for that company’s single domain. Or an ADMD might refer to a university operating many servers that fulfill different roles, across different networks, all handling email for several different domains used by different groups within the university.

The term Administrative Management Domain, more commonly shortened to ADMD, is used in many standards and related publications related to email. It refers to a single entity operating one or more computers within one or more Internet domain names under said entity’s control. One example might be a small company with a single server handling email for that company’s single domain. Or an ADMD might refer to a university operating many servers that fulfill different roles, across different networks, all handling email for several different domains used by different groups within the university.