How to bounce back email to sender
Is there a way to bounce back to the sender messages from Apple Mail in Sierra and Mail Version 10.3 (3273)
Thanks
Dan
iMac with Retina 5K display, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)
Is there a way to bounce back to the sender messages from Apple Mail in Sierra and Mail Version 10.3 (3273)
Thanks
Dan
iMac with Retina 5K display, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)
An email client application (such as Mail.app) can't "bounce" anything. Any reply will be just that - a reply, even if it has been doctored up to look like a fake server message.
A real "bounce" occurs when an email server rejects a message, for example if the server does not accept emails from the sender's address, the recipient doesn't exist on the server, or the server is busy. Nothing is going to convince a remote mail server that the mail has "bounced" once it has been received by a client application, since the server already has a record of its acceptance against the mailer ID of the message.
An email client application (such as Mail.app) can't "bounce" anything. Any reply will be just that - a reply, even if it has been doctored up to look like a fake server message.
A real "bounce" occurs when an email server rejects a message, for example if the server does not accept emails from the sender's address, the recipient doesn't exist on the server, or the server is busy. Nothing is going to convince a remote mail server that the mail has "bounced" once it has been received by a client application, since the server already has a record of its acceptance against the mailer ID of the message.
Bouncing an email is folly and Apple removed the feature years ago.
Thanks for your gentle reply, but unfortunately you don't know why I needed it. So perhaps is not as folly as you quote it.
Regards
Dan
Bouncing an email simply confirms your address and existence.
Moving an email to the trash or making a rule to exclude that sender works silently.
And/or confirms the mail was received and read when receiving several mails from many people who request for a confirmation as such: simply confirming my address and existence. I have however find a rule to use a similar system.
Thanks again for your kind time and reply
How to bounce back email to sender