Re: correct method to "bounce" a message

Tom Hughes  wrote on 30 Jan:

> On 30/01/12 16:45, Richard Porter wrote:
>> MPro's use of "bounce" is misleading. Normally to bounce a
>> message means to send it back to the sender because it can't be
>> delivered. MPro's bounce is a re-send. It adds a "Resend-to" header,
>> not a Bcc. The original From header is preserved so, as you say, the
>> new recipient sees the message as coming from the original sender.
>> Some clients may also indicate that the message was resent by you.

> Nothing to do with MPro - just confusing terminology in general as
> bounce is used in two different ways in the world of email.
> Resending an email is commonly called "bouncing" as is rejecting a mail.

Marcel used "bounce" in this "resend" sense too, same as MPro.
So I was familiar with it from back then.

-- 
Jim Nagel                        www.archivemag.co.uk

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