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 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-