Under the present invention, a method, system, and program product for
preventing an unread activity from being sent back (i.e., bounced-back)
to its originating server during a replication operation are provided.
The method includes: storing an identification of an originating server
of a replicated unread activity, the unread activity being associated
with a read/unread status of an email, in an unread log of a receiving
server; during a subsequent replication process initiated by the
receiving server, preventing replication of the unread activity back to
the originating server; during the subsequent replication process,
replicating the unread activity to at least one other server; and storing
the identification of the originating server with the unread entry.