Some of these are explained in the list owner's manual. I don't think I ever documented "too many hops", but I did document the other two.... Nathan On Wed, 10 Jan 1996 08:51:43 -0600 Susan King said: >Does anyone have a document which explains the basic error messages one can >receive. > >ie.. transient failure >ie.. too many hops >ie.. unknown user > >I have people panic'ing when they get an error message of any kind and would >love to EDUCATE them... for them to know when to panic and when not to... when >to post a message publicly and when to have a little patience! <GRIN> > >Susan E. King ([log in to unmask])