[Mailman-Developers] 2.1.8 documentation mismatch

Ian Eiloart iane at sussex.ac.uk
Wed Jun 7 20:44:51 CEST 2006



--On 7 June 2006 14:18:52 -0400 Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:

>
> I think that's a good point.  What's really happening is that the admin
> is disapproving the message and returning it back to the original
> sender.  The question is, which term captures that better for
> non-techies (I think techies will get it either way).  To me "reject"
> is better than "bounce".  Has anybody seen any comments on this issue
> on mailman-users?

How about "return to sender"? That is what you'd say in the real world with 
snail mail. Better might be "return to purported sender" or even "return to 
some poor guy who knows nothing about this email" ;)

-- 
Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex


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