Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 16:10:32 +0200 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com> To: peter kok <peter@sweda.com.hk> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: mail Message-ID: <374417D8.13604818@eboa.com> References: <3743F3CD.BBE3E820@sweda.com.hk>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
peter kok wrote: > > Hello all > > i received the following from undelivered message > What is the problem of that? > what is the meaning of 'Message has exceeded maximum hop count'? > Why does cause it? Unless memory fails me, when you install sendmail you also set the maximum hop count. This is the maximum number of hosts it will allow any mail message to be routed through before generating that error. I just looked and default it is commented out (in 3.1-STABLE): # maximum hop count #O MaxHopCount=17 Roelof -- Home is where the (@) http://eboa.com/ is. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?374417D8.13604818>