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bounce message
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n. [common] Notification message returned to sender by a site unable to
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relay email to the intended Internet address recipient or the next link in a
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bang path (see bounce , sense 1). Reasons might include a nonexistent or
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misspelled username or a down relay site. Bounce messages can themselves
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fail, with occasionally ugly results; see sorcerer's apprentice mode and
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software laser. The terms bounce mail and barfmail are also common.
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