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Article #462Re: sendmail hop count too low?
From: Craig Leres
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1987 21:51
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1987 21:51
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Stripping received headers is an evil idea. It makes finding broken mail hosts difficult and introduces the possibility of endless mail loops. If the internet has really gotten so big that more than 20 hosts have to fondle a message, then the max hop count needs to be raised. Meanwhile, I feel the correct solution is to find some way to reduce the number of hops. Craig
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU!leres From: leres@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Craig Leres) Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers Subject: Re: sendmail hop count too low? Message-ID: <21345@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Mon, 19-Oct-87 17:51:45 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.21345 Posted: Mon Oct 19 17:51:45 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Oct-87 22:04:12 EDT References: <2373@megaron.arizona.edu> <2779@xanth.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: leres@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Craig Leres) Lines: 8