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probe message Last modified: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
In e-mail, a probe message is a type of bounce handling for e-mail address verification. It is commonly used in subscription-based mailing lists that easily become filled with invalid subscriber addresses. Once an e-mail has bounced from a specific address, a system will wait a specific amount of time then sends a warning message to the user. If the warning message bounces a probe message is then sent. If this also bounces the subscriber is then removed from the mailing list. Also see Why E-Mails Bounce in the Did You Know section of Webopedia.		Related Categories Electronic Mail Newsgroups Related Terms e-mail e-mail client hard bounce mailing list mailing list server opt-in opt-in e-mail soft bounce Shopping probe message Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Pets 0 Store Offers Security Systems and Surveillance 0 Store Offers
Maintaining a mailing list This Webmonkey Geek Talk column, from December 12, 1996, provides information on maintaining mailing lists, mail servers and links to popular mailing list maintenance software.