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Hi

Maximum hop count is a function to prevent mail from looping endlessly.
you probably have a mail loop somehere/ a nonfunctioning system
or check your .forward files :)

br
john


On Thu, 20 May 1999, 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?
> 
> thank you
> 
> ------ Failure Reasons  --------
> 
> Message has exceeded maximum hop count
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