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clout mail loops

#733
From: Newsmistress
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1993 01:25
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>    If you have any questions or problems related to the Clout Project,
>    send email to postmaster@clout.chi.il.us.

Been there.  Did that.  Can't get mail to anyone at clout, thanks to a loop:

  <postmaster@clout.chi.il.us> ... loop detection: maximum hop count exceeded
  ...
  Received: from clout.uucp by clout.uucp with smtp
          (Smail3.1.27.1 #1) id m0nQoBO-00047GC; Tue, 23 Feb 93 01:11 CST
  Received: from clout.uucp by clout.uucp with smtp
          (Smail3.1.27.1 #1) id m0nQoBL-000478C; Tue, 23 Feb 93 01:11 CST
  Received: from clout.uucp by clout.uucp with smtp
          (Smail3.1.27.1 #1) id m0nQoBH-00047GC; Tue, 23 Feb 93 01:11 CST

...ad nauseam.  (BTW, the bounce came back at 19:11 CST, not 01:11.)

Someone fix, please?

--
Ellen Keyne Seebacher            news@uchinews.uchicago.edu
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Message-ID: <1993Feb23.012516.11698@midway.uchicago.edu>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!convex!convex!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!iat.holonet.net!news.acns.nwu.edu!news.ils.nwu.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!uchinews!wakinyan!news
References: <1993Feb14.225646.240@vpnet.chi.il.us>

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From: news@wakinyan.uchicago.edu (Newsmistress)
Subject: clout mail loops
Message-ID: <1993Feb23.012516.11698@midway.uchicago.edu>
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Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
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