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Subject: Re: mail forwarding loop
From: "Christopher A. Adams" <chris @ sparkie . osl . state . or . us>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 15:21:46 -0700 (PDT)
To: Daniel Liston <dliston @ netscape . com>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <3BC34EFC.B71EA6A6@netscape.com>

Thank you. That is a clear and concise answer. I have rebuilt my aliases
for that list and so far so good. I had pretty much cloned that one from
another list that was working, but whatever works....

Christopher Adams

On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Daniel Liston wrote:

> Considering you have so many lists, and this is only happening on one of 
> them, I would not think majordomo or postfix is to blame.  The difference
> should appear in either the aliases, config file, or membership list for
> the list having problems.  These are the places where lists are unique 
> from each other.  The easiest way to troubleshoot, is to compare aliases
> and config files between this list and other similar working lists.  If 
> you do not find a typo or misconfiguration with these, you are stuck with
> digging through the actual addresses of the problem list.  Clues here are
> found from your loop/bounce messages.  Find specific addresses first, or
> examine "Received:" lines for domains that may be giving your list trouble.
> 
> Dan Liston
> 
> "Christopher A. Adams" wrote:
> > 
> > I have a list  with about 300 subscribers. The list owner has recently had
> > problems sending to it. When she does, she gets back a multitude of
> > messages like this:
> > 
> > Your message was not delivered to the following recipients:
> > 
> >         admin.hrlist@state.or.us: Message has taken too many hops
> > 
> > I have tried sending messages to the list and they are delivered to me as
> > well as to some other zubscribers, but not all. Then, I get a message back
> > like this:
> > 
> > <hrcom-net@sparkie.osl.state.or.us>: mail forwarding loop for
> >     hrcom-net@sparkie.osl.state.or.us
> > 
> > I am using Postfix as my MTA. I don't know if this is a Majordomo problem
> > or not. I don't have this problem any of the other 200+ lists.
> > 
> > Any ideas what  is causing this or  where I might find a solution?
> > 
> > Christopher Adams
> > Automated Systems
> > Oregon State Library
> > chris@sparkie.osl.state.or.us
> 
> 

Christopher Adams
Automated Systems
Oregon State Library
chris@sparkie.osl.state.or.us





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