Re: Please, don't reply to spam -- much less on list [was: ግěcůžላኣዝዩ]
On 2025-06-27, Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
>>
>> Bounce can and does mean a rejection of the email by the *server*, so
>> your proposal seems nonsensical or confusing, as the email has
>> already been delivered to its recipients.
>
> I am not proposing anything. I am *explaining*.
>
> This is the terminology that mutt uses.
It is not the accepted meaning of the term.
https://github.com/mjg59/jargon/blob/master/bounce
:bounce: v. 1. [common; perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check] An
electronic mail message that is undeliverable and returns an error
notification to the sender is said to bounce. see also {bounce message}.
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