Subject: Hard and Soft Bounces (was Re: Spam messages)<br/>
Date: Jul 11, 2001 @ 00:21<br/>
Author: Bill Hanrahan (&quot;Bill Hanrahan&quot; &lt;hanrahan@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1610549492">Here&#39;s what Yahoo!Groups has to say about &quot;bouncing&quot; messages:<br/>
<br/>
What is the difference between &quot;hard bounce&quot; and &quot;soft bounce&quot;? <br/>
Yahoo! Groups organizes bounces into two types: hard bounce and soft <br/>
bounce. <br/>
<br/>
Hard Bounce<br/>
We consider your account to be &quot;hard bouncing&quot; if the error message <br/>
we get back from your email provider says either of the following: <br/>
<br/>
your email account does not exist <br/>
<br/>
your ISP refuses all email from Yahoo! Groups. <br/>
<br/>
In this case, your Yahoo! Groups account will be deactivated and set <br/>
to &quot;Bouncing.&quot; You will not receive any group email until your <br/>
account is reactivated. <br/>
<br/>
Soft Bounce<br/>
If the error message we get back from your email provider doesn&#39;t <br/>
fall under the definition of a hard bounce (see above), then the <br/>
error is considered a soft bounce. If your account generates an <br/>
occasional soft bounce error, it will be logged but no other action <br/>
will be taken by Yahoo! Groups. However, if your email account <br/>
consistently generates soft bounce errors for several days, then your <br/>
Yahoo! Groups account will be considered bouncing and your Yahoo! <br/>
Groups account will be deactivated. In this case, you will not <br/>
receive any group email until your account is reactivated. <br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Harry ten Veen&quot; &lt;pa8km@a...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<br/>
&gt; ....It appeared that several mails from BP to my mail-alias were <br/>
bounced...Strange isn&#39;t it !!! ???<br/>
&gt; So far I have more than 1700 mails from BP, so why should some <br/>
bounce??? </span></blockquote></div>