On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Eric Thomas wrote:

> >Is this 17 (or 18) a sendmail limit? Can it be configured?
>
> Yes to both questions.
>
> >(If LISTSERVs  need this  many hops, perhaps  the sendmail  folks should
> >raise this number so that all it catches are true loops.)
>
> Yeah, I think  they listened and then  say "Ok, we'll raise it  to 25". I
> raised it to 40 on the machines I manage.

Is this not more of a problem at the receiving end? For LISTSERV systems
where the subscribers are all at one site, reconfiguring the sendmail is
a viable option, but if the system serves recipients at multiple sites,
then it is not really an option (my system has subscribers at around 900
sites in 87 countries).

I assume that the limit is to prevent mail loops, and I do not imagine
many e-mail postmasters reconfiguring their sendmail to suit a LISTSERV
maintainer from another site.

John

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John Asher
Information Systems Manager, AIESEC United Kingdom
AIESEC LISTSERV Operations Team Leader
International AGIS Support Team Member
http://www.aiesec.org/uk/members/is/
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