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Mail type

English translation: Form/stock e-mail manager

11:32 Jul 13, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Internet, e-Commerce / Website dictionary
French term or phrase: Mail type
Hello,
THis appears several times in a dictionary for an online publishing site I am translating as in following entry:
gestionnaire mail type

Having googled it I get the impression that it means a stock email response, am I right and does anyone know the correct English term please?

many thanks,
Anne
Anne Greaves
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:55
English translation:Form/stock e-mail manager
Explanation:
Despite Rob's good point, I am pretty sure this is what it is. Publishing houses send out a lot of form letters so it's not unreasonable that on on-line version would send out a lot of stock e-mails.
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Terry Richards
France
Local time: 23:55
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3 +1it depends...
Rob Grayson
3Form/stock e-mail manager
Terry Richards


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
it depends...


Explanation:
You're right that the "type" bit means "standard"; what's not clear is whether it's just the "mail" that is described as "type" or the "gestionnaire mail". In other words, the whole thing could be either a manager of standard e-mails/e-mail templates, or a "standard e-mail manager" (with "manager", I assume, being a software application).

Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elizabeth Slaney: While "type" surely describes "mail", your suggestion "standard e-mail manager" allows both or either to be considered standard...just like the French.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Form/stock e-mail manager


Explanation:
Despite Rob's good point, I am pretty sure this is what it is. Publishing houses send out a lot of form letters so it's not unreasonable that on on-line version would send out a lot of stock e-mails.

Terry Richards
France
Local time: 23:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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