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Article #609loop detection by hop count
From: POSTEL
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1986 20:03
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1986 20:03
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I think that loop detection by hop count is a bad idea. The problem is that it will work for awhile, until we have forgotten all about it, then some messages that ought to go through won't. The world will get bigger, and what was once a reasonable choice for "max hops" will be smaller than the diameter of the mail world. --jon. -------
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