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Subject: Loop detection...
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Date: Tue, 20-Dec-83 11:59:33 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 20 11:59:33 1983
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From: John Covert <castor::covert>
"Been here once before" is not appropriate for loop detection when
sending mail to someone who travels around the net and may have
forwarded his incoming mail to another site.
 
A message should be allowed to pass through the same site a reasonable
number of times, say four, before it is considered to be in a loop.