--On Saturday, 13 October, 2007 12:48 -0700 Dave Crocker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> Howdy.
>
> In the Internet Mail Architecture draft:
>
>
> <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-crocker-email-arch-
> 09.txt>
>
> There terms "Bounce Handler" and "Bounce address" are used.
> As the document notes, the terms are not the nicest, but they
> seem to be the most prevalent.
>
> (Earlier drafts attempted to use the term "Notices" but this
> gained to traction.)
>
> There has been some community input suggesting that "Return
> [Path] address" and "Return Handler" would be better choices.
>
> Again, please note that the document attempts to use whatever
> is already dominant in the community.
>
> This is not an exercise in what any of us would prefer, but
> what we think already has the most traction in the community
> (or is most likely to gain that traction.)
>
> I'm soliciting comments.
Dave, I believe the prevalent terminology is "bounce" and that
it has been the prevalent terminology almost as long as I can
remember. However, because there is a movement to prohibit
non-delivery notification messages and stress SMTP-time
rejections instead, we were persuaded to modify 2821bis to
remove the word "bounce" and more clearly distinguish between
the "rejection" and "NDN" cases.
I suspect this does not answer your question, but it is the only
insight I have on the subject.
john
