Bounce Address Tag Validation

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Bounce Address Tag Validation (BATV) provides a mechanism for assessing the validity of an email's envelope return (bounce) address. It permits the original submitter of a message to sign the SMTP MailFrom address. This enables detection of invalid bounce addresses.