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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bounce message</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bounce.html" title="bounce"/><link rel="next" href="boustrophedon.html" title="boustrophedon"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bounce message</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bounce.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="boustrophedon.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bounce-message"/><dt xmlns="" id="bounce-message"><b>bounce message</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] Notification message returned to sender by a site unable to
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relay <a href="../E/email.html"><i class="glossterm">email</i></a> to the intended Internet address
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recipient or the next link in a <a href="bang-path.html"><i class="glossterm">bang path</i></a> (see
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<a href="bounce.html"><i class="glossterm">bounce</i></a>, sense 1). Reasons might include a
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nonexistent or misspelled username or a <a href="../D/down.html"><i class="glossterm">down</i></a> relay
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site. Bounce messages can themselves fail, with occasionally ugly results;
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see <a href="../S/sorcerers-apprentice-mode.html"><i class="glossterm">sorcerer's apprentice mode</i></a> and
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<a href="../S/software-laser.html"><i class="glossterm">software laser</i></a>. The terms <span class="firstterm">bounce mail</span> and <span class="firstterm">barfmail</span> are also common.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bounce.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="boustrophedon.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bounce </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> boustrophedon</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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