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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hmmm, after further checking, it seems that if I
leave mailscanner on and shutdown my secondary MX, it also
stops......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mailscanner on and secondary MX on =
too many hops</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mailscanner off and secondary MX
on = no problems</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mailscanner on and secondary MX off = no
problems</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Weird....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV>Rob Morin<BR>TheHostMasters<BR>Montreal, Canada<BR>514-846-0006<BR><A
href="mailto:Rob@TheHostMasters.com">Rob@TheHostMasters.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.TheHostMasters.com">http://www.TheHostMasters.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rob@THEHOSTMASTERS.COM href="mailto:rob@THEHOSTMASTERS.COM">Rob
Morin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
href="mailto:MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:34
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Weird "too many hops"
issue</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello all...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have recently been experiencing lots of "too
many hops" on my mail server..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Redhat 8.0</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sendmail 8.12.10</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mailscanner 4.28.6</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>McaFee (uvscan)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The funny thing is I turned off Mailscanner, I
mean just used plain old sendmail, and I got none of these loops/hops. As soon
as I turned it on again it started right away..... I will provide some
log stuff below.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What else should I do to test or what should I
look for?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any help...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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size=2>-----------------------------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Times mailscanner was turned off then on
again.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mar 15 17:33:59 mx3 sendmail[3015]:
i2FMWSc1002546: i2FMXxR2003015: DSN: Too many hops 26 (25 max): from <<A
href="mailto:roxied@hispeed.ch">roxied@hispeed.ch</A>> via localhost, to
<<A
href="mailto:newsletter@artdecotoronto.com">newsletter@artdecotoronto.com</A>><BR></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Mar 16 09:06:12 mx3 sendmail[4216]: i2GE67YD004216:
SYSERR(root): Too many hops 28 (25 max): from <<A
href="mailto:vajgsa1g@lycos.de">vajgsa1g@lycos.de</A>> via
ip177-161.mtl.istop.com, to <<A
href="mailto:icbb@icbb.com">icbb@icbb.com</A>><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Full logs of one of these "hops" messages in log
file with mailscanner on....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mar 16 09:06:12 mx3 sendmail[4216]:
i2GE67YD004216: from=<<A
href="mailto:vajgsa1g@lycos.de">vajgsa1g@lycos.de</A>>, size=7258, class=0,
nrcpts=1, msgid=<<A
href="mailto:jm1q94tz6e3-313@9m4.bbq">jm1q94tz6e3-313@9m4.bbq</A>>,
proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=ip177-161.mtl.istop.com [66.11.161.177]<BR>Mar
16 09:06:12 mx3 sendmail[4216]: i2GE67YD004216: to=<<A
href="mailto:icbb@icbb.com">icbb@icbb.com</A>>, delay=00:00:04,
mailer=esmtp, pri=37258, stat=queued<BR>Mar 16 09:06:12 mx3 sendmail[4216]:
i2GE67YD004216: SYSERR(root): Too many hops 28 (25 max): from <<A
href="mailto:vajgsa1g@lycos.de">vajgsa1g@lycos.de</A>> via
ip177-161.mtl.istop.com, to <<A
href="mailto:icbb@icbb.com">icbb@icbb.com</A>><BR>Mar 16 09:06:12 mx3
sendmail[4216]: i2GE67YD004216: i2GE67YE004216: DSN: Too many hops 28 (25
max): from <<A href="mailto:vajgsa1g@lycos.de">vajgsa1g@lycos.de</A>>
via ip177-161.mtl.istop.com, to <<A
href="mailto:icbb@icbb.com">icbb@icbb.com</A>><BR>Mar 16 09:06:14 mx3
sendmail[4216]: i2GE67YE004216: to=<<A
href="mailto:vajgsa1g@lycos.de">vajgsa1g@lycos.de</A>>, delay=00:00:02,
xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=esmtp, pri=38282, relay=mx1.mail.spray.net.
[212.78.202.6], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown<BR>Mar 16 09:06:14 mx3
sendmail[4216]: i2GE67YE004216: i2GE67YF004216: return to sender: User
unknown<BR>Mar 16 09:06:15 mx3 sendmail[4216]: i2GE67YF004216: to=rob,
delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=local, pri=39306, dsn=2.0.0,
stat=Sent<BR></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Morin<BR>TheHostMasters<BR>Montreal,
Canada<BR>514-846-0006<BR><A
href="mailto:Rob@TheHostMasters.com">Rob@TheHostMasters.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.TheHostMasters.com">http://www.TheHostMasters.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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