an e-mail message that gets as far as the recipient's mail server, but is bounced back before it reaches the recipient
an email message that gets as far as the recipient's mail server (it recognizes the address) but is bounced back undelivered before it gets to the intended recipient
an e-mail message that gets to the recipient's mail server but is bounced back undelivered before it gets to the recipient
The number of recipients who did not receive the message due to a soft bounce. A soft bounce is an undeliverable message which may or may not be due to a permanent problem. Examples of soft bounces: -The receiving mail server disconnects while sending the message -The receiving mail server returns an error message below 500 in the SMTP transaction (mailbox full, for example) . You may download the list of those who failed due to a soft bounce by clicking on the disk icon under the delivery statistics of the mailing. This file will be in csv format, which may be opened and read using Excel and other programs.
An email message which is returned with as being temporarily undeliverable. An example of a soft bounce would be a message which is returned because the recipient's email box is full. See also "Hard Bounce".
A message that cannot be delivered to the email address because of temporary problems with the server or full mailbox.
A soft bounce is the failed delivery of an email due to a nonpermanent reason, such as mailbox full or unavailable server. (Also see Hard Bounce)
Email sent to an active (live) email address but which is turned away before being delivered. Often, the problem is temporary -- the server is down or the recipient's mailbox is over quota. The email might be held at the recipient's server and delivered later, or the sender's email program may attempt to deliver it again. Soft-bounce reports are not always accurate because they don't report all soft bounces or the actual reason for the bounce.
A Soft Bounce occurs when a subscriber has a full inbox, there are server errors, or filters in place that bounce the message.
When an email you've sent reaches the intended recipient because it has been manually forwarded by a network administrator in charge of redirecting all misguided email on the recipient's domain.