BOUNCE MESSAGE
\bˈa͡ʊns mˈɛsɪd͡ʒ], \bˈaʊns mˈɛsɪdʒ], \b_ˈaʊ_n_s m_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_dʒ]\
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A notification message returned to the sender by a site unableto relay e-mail to the intended recipient or the next linkin a bang path. Reasons might include a nonexistent ormisspelled user name or a down relay site. Bounce messagescan themselves fail, with occasionally ugly results; seesorcerer's apprentice mode and software laser. The terms"bounce mail" and "barfmail" are also common.
By Denis Howe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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