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=====Process Bounces=====


Each time you send out a message to a substantial number of users, you should use 'Process Bounces' to check for bounced messages. If you don't see any bounces right away, check again in a few days, as bounced messages may take a while to arrive.

If you do have bounces, do not remove them till a few days later. Otherwise the system will not be able to identify the __consecutive bounces__ (bounces in a row) for a given user's email address.

You can also create rules for bounces. To learn more about this, please see [[AdvancedBounceHandlingInfo Advanced Bounce Handling]].


===Using a cron job to process bounces===

If you have many bounces you can run a scheduler -like a cron job- to process bounces, instead of having to do this manually. In that case you should disable manual processing of bounces in the config.php file:

**This code in config.php**

%%(php)
# set this to 0, if you set up a cron to download bounces regularly by using the
# commandline option. If this is 0, users cannot run the page from the web
# frontend. Read README.commandline to find out how to set it up on the
# commandline
define ("MANUALLY_PROCESS_BOUNCES",1);
%%



==Related pages==
- [[ViewBouncesInfo View bounces]]
- [[PhpListConfigBounces Settings for handling bounces]]
- [[AdvancedBounceHandlingInfo Advanced bounce handling]]
- [[SetupCronJob Setting up a cron job]]
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