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From: keith@spider.co.uk (Keith Mitchell)
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Subject: Re: Ultrix sendmail problems
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Date: 5 Apr 91 12:34:42 GMT
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| Oh30
| 
| added to the config file set MAXHOP to 30.   Unfortunately it doesn't
| seem to be supported by Ultrix sendmail.
| 
| I suppose it might be possible to use the -h flag on the command line
| to reset the hop count when the message arrives.   This presumes that

Unfortunately it is not as easy as that. I spoke to DEC support
about this, and for some reason best known to only them, the "-h"
command line option can only *REDUCE* the hop count, not increase
it. No help at all, of course.

What I would recommend you do is to fetch the latest source version
of 5.65+IDA sendmail, ready ported to Ultrix, from gatekeeper.dec.com.
This is a breeze to install, and lets you fiddle with these
parameters to your hearts content.

Keith Mitchell                  (postmaster)

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