Diagnostic-code Smtp 554 5.4.0 Error Too Many Hops
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does the "too many hops" error mean when an email message I send fails? When you send an email message over a network, it is transferred to and through several computers before it gets to its destination. Each transfer between too many hops email computers is called a hop. The "too many hops" error message means there are too many smtp 554 5.4 6 too many hops transfers between you and your recipient. To prevent mail forwarding loops, most mail delivery systems limit the number of hops they will process
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before stopping a delivery attempt. There is little you can do to correct a "too many hops" mail return. If you think a mail forwarding loop is causing the error, you can contact the person with the loop
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through a method other than the email address causing the error. If you know a mail forwarding loop is not causing the error, ask your system administrator to increase the maximum number of hops allowed. Mail forwarding loops A mail forwarding loop can occur when you set up mail forwarding on two accounts so that the first account forwards all its mail to the second, and the second account forwards mail back to the first. If too many hops gmail your mail delivery system had no limit on hops, your message could be bounced back and forth between these two accounts indefinitely. Frequently, when a message you sent returns to you with the "too many hops" error message, it means the recipient has set up a mail forwarding loop. Distribution lists If you are an owner of a distribution list and your list gets the "too many hops" error message, you may have more difficulty identifying the sender because the error message typically does not include the exact email address(es) causing the problem. Here is an example of the delivery error message: | ---------- Forwarded message ---------- | Date: 11 Jul 2003 15:28:10 -0500 | From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
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Sign in Pricing Blog Support Search GitHub This repository Watch 220 Star 5,131 Fork 442 mail-in-a-box/mailinabox Code Issues 121 Pull requests https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox/issues/713 19 Projects 0 Wiki Pulse Graphs New issue Error: too many hops (in reply to end of DATA command) #713 Closed pryley opened this Issue Feb 15, 2016 · 7 comments Projects None yet Labels None yet Milestone No milestone Assignees No one assigned 3 participants pryley commented Feb 15, 2016 I was too many getting undelivered mail with the error: Error: too many hops (in reply to end of DATA command)
I tracked down the error to the postfix mydestination config (/etc/postfix/main.cf). For some reason the line had been commented out and replaced with mydestination = localhost #mydestination = mymailserver.com, localhost.com, , localhost mydestination = localhost I fixed it by changing too many hops it to: mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost I have no idea if/why it changed and I only just started getting reports of the undeliverable mail from a user today. Maybe this will help someone else. Mail-in-a-Box member JoshData commented Feb 15, 2016 The original is correct. There must be something else on your system that is different/incorrect. pryley commented Feb 15, 2016 Ok well since you said it was correct, I've changed the postfix setting back to mydestination = localhost. So the original problem was this: This is the mail system at host spam.flamble.it. I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster. If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message. The mail system