Restore bounce to Mail in Lion

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Exactly. Bounce is great for people who are actually listening for replies. This includes real people, scammers, and maybe legitimate companies (though they usually let you unsubscribe too).

Petermac, that website you copy/pasted here says: "The key change from the point of view of this web site is that rejection ("bounce") messages SHOULD NOT be sent unless the receiving site is confident that those messages will be usefully delivered." That's why I re-added the feature and why others want to have it.

No you didn't re-add the feature, you added a hack. Would you like me to supply more links for you to read?

Pete

Alright, I give up. The "hack" is there for those who want it. Ave atque vale, unsubscribing.

Mac OS 9000 wrote:

Alright, I give up. The "hack" is there for those who want it. Ave atque vale, unsubscribing.

Dieu merci, au revoir

Pete

Charrison - You are a rock star- thanks for this.

One quick question - how can you confirm that it has worked?

Nevermind I figured it out - I sent myself an email and bounced it - it worked great!!!

Thanks!!

ahh RATS! after reading this thread more diligently, it truly appears to me that Bouncing from the individual email account makes the problem WORSE, not better... read these articles carefully before bouncing:

http://pm-lib.sourceforge.net/README.html

Sorry people, I wanted to bounce too, but apparently it's not a useful solution...

Yes, that's very true, and is the reason why Bounce is vanishing from email clients.

Thanks for posting it.

Who knew there was such a controversy for bouncing e-mails. I just need this feature "hack" to bounce email from my mother.

That's probably the funniest thing I've heard today.....

My email address may have been hacked through my Resume posted in websites and for years I have been getting emails about unwanted orders I have never made. Very frustrating but I was able to control it with Apple Mail Bounce feature in my old MacBook. The Gmail spam filter feature does not work at all for me, only Bounce feature although it may not be 100% reliable. I wanted to upgrade to a new Apple Airbook and replace old MacBook but I now will not upgrade if the Bounce feature icon has gone. I will keep old MAcBook instead. Evidently the bounce icon can be restored with PC using Leopard but not with Apples. Too bad Apple deleted Bounce feature.

OK.

Thanks.

You guys are all talking about spammers who falsify their email headers, fine, bounce won't work there, and only contribute to spam.

But bounce, like any tool can be used properly for good, or improperly for bad.

If you are in an email chain, or if you are getting CCd on emails you aren't meant to be receiving, or if real flesh and blood people are sending you spam, the bounce function is a great way to make them think that they don't have a valid address. I'm talking people who actually typed in your email address in their "To" field in their regular email client, not the regular mass spam sent by botnets.

This is what I want the Bounce function for.

It is irrelevant now. It was removed four years ago.

Pete