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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello all...</FONT></DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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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>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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