Jay G. Scott:
> overlook a "too many hops" notice.
>
> I've seen these at my site before, they've been going on for years,
> but they're still rare. Maybe 4-6/year. I checked all the "offending"
> addresses and they came back as deliverable. So I believe these
> are transient effects due to occasional spikes in the machine load
> (the machine's load is low with occasional spikes -- but the spikes
> occur several times/day last time I checked).
>
> seem reasonable?
Hmm.. If the hop-count increases due to overload then some system
is mis-configured and sending mail in a loop.
This should be easy to diagnose by looking for a repeating pattern
with the hostnames in Received: headers.
Wietse
