Some mail servers (Rockliffe MailSite comes to mind) simply count the number of headers. Too many headers and the server assumes that there is a loop.
-----Original Message----- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:13 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Maximum receipt headers exceeded Means you have a mail loop - basically the message is being bounced around for a while, then rejected because one of the servers detects its looping. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 11:00 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Maximum receipt headers exceeded > > > Hello ! > > Anybody knows exactly what "Maximum receipt headers exceeded (possible > mail loop)" means ? > We use micorsoft exchange 5.5 sp 4, and a user said that > he can receive mail from another user on the Internet, but > he can�t send mail to the same. > When he does, he only recieves the "Maximum receipt headers > exceeded " > message from the other (not ours) mailserver. > Anybody ? > > > //Erik > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
