Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:4897 comp.unix.wizards:5896 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!rti!tijc02!seb022 From: seb022@tijc02.UUCP (Scott Bemis ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: e-mail failed with 554 sendall: too many hops (17 max) Message-ID: <188@tijc02.UUCP> Date: 28 Dec 87 16:23:51 GMT Organization: Texas Instr., Johnson City TN Lines: 94 12/28/87 Is e-mail getting bounced around, and not being delivered? Or have I done something wrong? Below is part of the text I received when trying to send mail. The error message seems that there were too many mail hops, 17 being the maximum; however, I specified rti!mcnc!gatech!ut-ngp!uniq!uniqvax!liveris and rti!mcnc!gatech!rutgers!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!uniq!uniqvax!liveris as my mail pathnames. In first failed attempt, I used pathalias to generate the most efficient path. In the second failed attempt, I created the path "by hand" - looking at the USENET backbone map. Scott Bemis Texas Instruments, Inc Telephone: (615) 461-2959 Electronic mail: mcnc!rti!tijc02!root Below are the error messages I received back. From uucp Sat Dec 19 06:03 EST 1987 >From mcnc!mcnc!rutgers.edu!Postmaster Sat Dec 19 04:03:33 1987 remote from rti Received: by rti.rti.org (5.52/MCNC/1-2-87) id AA09067; Sat, 19 Dec 87 04:03:33 EST Received: from RUTGERS.EDU by mcnc.mcnc.org (5.54/MCNC/10-20-87) id AA08840; Sat, 19 Dec 87 03:51:48 EST Received: by RUTGERS.EDU (5.54/1.15) with UUCP id AB15966; Sat, 19 Dec 87 03:56:18 EST Date: Sat, 19 Dec 87 03:56:18 EST From: rti!mcnc!rutgers.edu!Postmaster (Mail Delivery Subsystem) Subject: Returned mail: Unable to deliver mail Message-Id: <8712190856.AB15966@RUTGERS.EDU> To: mcnc!tijc02!seb022 ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 sendall: too many hops (17 max) ----- Unsent message follows ----- Received: by RUTGERS.EDU (5.54/1.15) with UUCP id AA15966; Sat, 19 Dec 87 03:56:18 EST From: tijc02!seb022@mcnc.org Received: by im4u.UTEXAS.EDU (4.22/4.22) id AA02220; Sat, 19 Dec 87 02:34:32 cst Received: by sally.utexas.edu (5.54/5.51) id AA04478; Sat, 19 Dec 87 02:02:47 CST Received: by ngp.utexas.edu (5.51/5.51) id AA21117; Sat, 19 Dec 87 02:02:19 CST Received: by sally.utexas.edu (5.54/5.51) id AA04284; Sat, 19 Dec 87 01:52:43 CST Received: by im4u.UTEXAS.EDU (4.22/4.22) id AA01639; Sat, 19 Dec 87 01:45:50 cst Received: by RUTGERS.EDU (5.54/1.15) with UUCP id AA14194; Sat, 19 Dec 87 02:48:38 EST Received: by im4u.UTEXAS.EDU (4.22/4.22) id AA01436; Sat, 19 Dec 87 01:13:06 cst Received: by sally.utexas.edu (5.54/5.51) id AA04024; Sat, 19 Dec 87 01:12:24 CST Received: by ngp.utexas.edu (5.51/5.51) id AA20328; Sat, 19 Dec 87 01:11:56 CST Received: by sally.utexas.edu (5.54/5.51) id AA03449; Sat, 19 Dec 87 00:49:30 CST Received: by im4u.UTEXAS.EDU (4.22/4.22) id AA00676; Sat, 19 Dec 87 00:45:35 cst Received: by RUTGERS.EDU (5.54/1.15) with UUCP id AA11940; Sat, 19 Dec 87 01:29:36 EST Received: by im4u.UTEXAS.EDU (4.22/4.22) id AA00247; Sat, 19 Dec 87 00:14:25 cst Received: by sally.utexas.edu (5.54/5.51) id AA02756; Fri, 18 Dec 87 23:54:50 CST Posted-Date: Sat, 19 Dec 87 00:04:05 EST Received: by ngp.utexas.edu (5.51/5.51) id AA18790; Fri, 18 Dec 87 23:54:32 CST Received: from mcnc.mcnc.org by gatech.edu (5.58/7.3.GT) id AA16535; Sat, 19 Dec 87 00:53:24 EST Received: from rti.rti.org by mcnc.mcnc.org (5.54/MCNC/10-20-87) id AA07113; Sat, 19 Dec 87 00:05:26 EST Received: by rti.rti.org (5.52/MCNC/1-2-87) id AA04372; Sat, 19 Dec 87 00:04:05 EST Date: Sat, 19 Dec 87 00:04:05 EST Message-Id: <8712190504.AA04372@rti.rti.org> Apparently-To: mcnc!gatech!ut-ngp!uniq!uniqvax!liveris Apparently-To: mcnc!gatech!rutgers!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!uniq!uniqvax!liveris