Email

Email

Electronic communication using one of the accepted protocols.

Contributors in Email

Email

A list developed by anyone receiving email, or processing email on its way to the recipient, or interested third-parties, that includes domains or IP addresses of any emailers suspected of sending ...

Block

Software; Email

A refusal by an ISP or mail server not to forward your email message to the recipient. Many ISPs block email from IP addresses or domains that have been reported to send spam or viruses or have ...

Bonded sender

Software; Email

A private email-registration service, owned by email vendor Ironport, which allows bulk emailers who agree to follow stringent email practises and to post a monetary bond to bypass email philtres of ...

Bounce

Software; Email

A message that doesn't get delivered promptly is said to have bounced. Emails can bounce for many reasons such as incorrect email addresses, the recipient's mailbox is full, the mail server is down, ...

Bounce handling

Software; Email

The process of dealing with the email that has bounced. Bounce handling is important for list maintenance, list integrity and delivery. Given the lack of consistency in bounce messaging formats, it's ...

Bounce message

Software; Email

Message sent back to an email sender reporting the message could not be delivered and why. Note: Not all bounced emails result in messages being sent back to the sender. Not all bounce messages are ...

Bounce rate

Software; Email

Also known as return rate. Number of hard/soft bounces divided by the number of emails sent. This is an inexact number because some systems do not report back to the sender clearly or accurately.