On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 11:24:51AM -0400, David F. Skoll wrote: > > Jeff Macdonald wrote: > > > perhaps 'inline-bounce' is better? Or 'inband-bounce'? I've heard of > > both from my MTA vendor. > > "Bounce" has yet another meaning. I believe Mutt refers to > redirecting e-mail as "bouncing" it. In other words, if mail from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] comes in to [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bob can "bounce" it > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it appears to come from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I think we should avoid "bounce" completely. We should say "reject > with an SMTP failure code" and "generate a failure notification message" > because those phrases are unambiguous.
Ah, very clear indeed. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 781-372-1922 | f: 781-863-8118 :: www.e-dialog.com
