Re: Please, don't reply to spam -- much less on list [was: ግěcůžላኣዝዩ]

[John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org>]

On 27/06/2025 23:46, Greg wrote:
> 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}.

Mutt seems to have its own set of definitions which mutt users will need to grasp.

Meanwhile, for people (like me) who already know that email is complicated, but would like a bit more detail, here's a page I found which explains MUA, MSA, MTA, MDA and MRA quite clearly (bearing in mind that not everything written is true):
https://oxilor.com/blog/how-does-email-work
and the Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_agent_(infrastructure)

--
John