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Re: email-arch: bounce vs... return?

2007-10-15 08:12:26

On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 07:43:36AM -0400, John Leslie wrote:
   "Bounce" in the name is problemmatic because folks sometimes refer
to an error _during_ the SMTP connection as a "bounce". This, IMHO,
is just plain wrong; but perhaps we have already lost that battle...

perhaps 'inline-bounce' is better? Or 'inband-bounce'? I've heard of
both from my MTA vendor.


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