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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