---
name: "mlmmj-bounce"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mlmmj"
version: "1.5.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mlmmj-bounce"
---

# mlmmj-bounce(1)

bounce handling utility for mlmmj

## NAME

**mlmmj-bounce** – bounce handling utility for mlmmj

## SYNOPSIS

**mlmmj-bounce** **--L** */path/to/list* \[**-a** *john=doe.org* \| **-d**\] \[**-n** *num* \| **-p**\]

## DESCRIPTION

- **-a**

  Address string that bounces

- **-d**

  Parse the mail to extract the address via the DSN (RFC1891)

- **-h**

  Print help

- **-L** *path*

  Full path to list directory

- **-n**

  Message number in the archive that bounced

- **-p**

  Send out a probe

- **-V**

  Print version

**mlmmj-bounce** is used to handle mails that are bouncing. When a mail arrives to the system, mlmmj-bounce will register in *\<listdir\>/bounce/\<addrstring\>* info about which number that bounced at what time. An example of such a line could be:

```
109:1094409801 # Sun Sep  5 20:43:21 2004
```

The above shows that message number 109 bounced 1094409801 seconds after epoch which is in human date stamps is Sunday September 5th 20:43:21 2004.

The last bounce mail received to the address is saved in *\<listdir\>/bounce/\<addrstring\>.lastmsg*.

When the **-p** option is used it sends out a probe email including info that it's a bounce probe and a list of the bounced message numbers. The existence of a *\<listdir\>/bounce/\<addrstring\>.probe* file indicates that a probe have been sent out.

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written by the following persons: Søren Boll Overgaard ⟨*boll@debian.org*⟩ (based on html2man output) Mads Martin Jørgensen ⟨*mmj@mmj.dk*⟩