On Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 6:49:39 PM, Will Yardley wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 06:14:30PM -0700, Jeff Chan wrote:
>> "Bounce" to some means reject. "Bounce" to others means forward.
> Well, "bounce" (in this context) generally means that the receiving MTA
> accepts the message and then returns ("bounces") it back to the sender;
> rejecting a message at the MTA level simply tells the /sending/ MTA that
> the message wasn't accepted - it's then the sending MTA's job to
> "bounce" the message back to the user.
>> For me, it always meant reject. As far as I can tell bounce
>> meaning reject is a server term and bounce meaning forward
>> is something from userland.
> Well Pine, Eudora, mutt, and some other programs have a "bounce" feature
> (which is indeed entirely separate) - but this is different from
> forwarding a message - it's basically resending the original message
> with as little as possible changed (usually resent-to and resent-from
> headers are added, the envelope-sender is changed, and new Received
> lines are added).
> So really, we're talking about 4 or so separate things here.
Yep. Ain't ambiguity a wonder?
Jeff C.
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