Bounce message

A notification message returned to the sender by a site unable to relay e-mail to the intended recipient or the next link in a bang path.

Reasons might include a nonexistent or misspelled user name or a down relay site.

Bounce messages can themselves fail, with occasionally ugly results; see sorcerer's apprentice mode and software laser.

The terms "bounce mail" and "barfmail" are also common.

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