bounce message


:bounce message: n. [common] Notification message returned to sender by a site unable to relay email to the intended Internet address recipient or the next link in a bang path (see bounce sense 1). Reasons might include a nonexistent or misspelled username or a down relay site. Bounce messages can themselves fail, with occasionally ugly results; see sorcerer's apprentice mode and software laser The terms `bounce mail' and `barfmail' are also common.


Jargon File Version 4.3.1, 29 JUN 2001 =

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