Bounce Message N. [common] Notification Message Returned To Sender By A Site Unable To Relay Email To The Intended Internet Address Recipient Or The Next Link In A Bang Path (see Bounce

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bounce message n.

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

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