Here is the output from qmail-showctl and from my send log, when I send one test message to myself from another address.
qmail home directory: /var/qmail. user-ext delimiter: -. paternalism (in decimal): 2. silent concurrency limit: 125. subdirectory split: 23. user ids: 100, 101, 102, 0, 103, 104, 105, 106. group ids: 100, 101. me: My name is megabyte.extorted.ca ldapserver: My ldap server is ldap.extorted.ca badmailfrom: (Default.) Any MAIL FROM is allowed. bouncefrom: (Default.) Bounce user name is MAILER-DAEMON. bouncehost: (Default.) Bounce host name is megabyte.extorted.ca. concurrencylocal: (Default.) Local concurrency is 10. concurrencyremote: (Default.) Remote concurrency is 20. databytes: (Default.) SMTP DATA limit is 0 bytes. defaultdomain: Default domain name is extorted.ca. defaulthost: (Default.) Default host name is megabyte.extorted.ca. doublebouncehost: (Default.) 2B recipient host: megabyte.extorted.ca. doublebounceto: (Default.) 2B recipient user: postmaster. envnoathost: (Default.) Presumed domain name is megabyte.extorted.ca. helohost: (Default.) SMTP client HELO host name is megabyte.extorted.ca. idhost: (Default.) Message-ID host name is megabyte.extorted.ca. localiphost: (Default.) Local IP address becomes megabyte.extorted.ca. locals: Messages for localhost are delivered locally. Messages for openbsd.extorted are delivered locally. Messages for megabyte.extorted.ca are delivered locally. me: My name is megabyte.extorted.ca. percenthack: (Default.) The percent hack is not allowed. plusdomain: Plus domain name is extorted.ca. qmqpservers: (Default.) No QMQP servers. queuelifetime: (Default.) Message lifetime in the queue is 604800 seconds. rcpthosts: SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at localhost. SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at extorted.ca. SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at megabyte.extorted.ca. morercpthosts: (Default.) No effect. morercpthosts.cdb: (Default.) No effect. smtpgreeting: (Default.) SMTP greeting: 220 megabyte.extorted.ca. smtproutes: (Default.) No artificial SMTP routes. timeoutconnect: (Default.) SMTP client connection timeout is 60 seconds. timeoutremote: (Default.) SMTP client data timeout is 1200 seconds. timeoutsmtpd: (Default.) SMTP server data timeout is 1200 seconds. virtualdomains: (Default.) No virtual domains. now the qmail-ldap specific files ldapserver: My LDAP Server is ldap.extorted.ca. ldapbasedn: LDAP basedn: dc=extorted,dc=ca. ldaplogin: LDAP login: cn=qmail,dc=extorted,dc=ca. ldappassword: LDAP password: *****************. ldapuid: Default UID is: 107. ldapgid: Default GID is: 102. ldapmessagestore: Prefix for non absolute paths: /var/qmail/maildirs. ldapdefaultdotmode: (Default.) Default dot mode for ldap users: not defined. ldapdefaultquota: (Default.) Default quota for ldap users: not defined. dirmaker: Location of program to create homedirs: /var/qmail/maildirs/dirmaker. ldaplocaldelivery: local passwd lookup is 0 (1 = on, 0 = off). ldaprebind: (Default.) ldap rebinding is 0 (1 = on, 0 = off). ldapcluster: (Default.) clustering is 0 (1 = on, 0 = off). ldapclusterhosts: (Default.) No alternate MailHosts for clustering listed. quotawarning: (Default.) No quotawarning. custombouncetext: (Default.) No custombouncetext. maxrcptcount: (Default.) 0 RCPT TOs are accepted before sending 553 (0 = off). tarpitcount: (Default.) 0 RCPT TOs are accepted before tarpitting (0 = off). tarpitdelay: (Default.) 5 seconds of delay to introduce after each subsequent RCPT TO. badrcptto: (Default.) Any RCPT TO is allowed. relaymailfrom: (Default.) Relaymailfrom not enabled. rbllist: (Default.) No RBL listed. defaultdelivery: I have no idea what this file does. concurrencyincoming: I have no idea what this file does. This is the last few lines from the log file, no need to repeat the same thing 45 times. 2002-02-18 19:39:27.079529500 delivery 317: success: 24.86.125.167_accepted_message./Remote_host_said:_250_ok_1014086367_qp_2 6268/ 2002-02-18 19:39:27.086682500 status: local 0/10 remote 1/20 2002-02-18 19:39:27.089229500 end msg 63137 2002-02-18 19:39:27.240798500 new msg 63137 2002-02-18 19:39:27.242217500 info msg 63137: bytes 16555 from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 2253 uid 101 2002-02-18 19:39:27.287703500 starting delivery 319: msg 63137 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002-02-18 19:39:27.290889500 status: local 0/10 remote 2/20 2002-02-18 19:39:27.292186500 delivery 318: success: 24.86.125.167_accepted_message./Remote_host_said:_250_ok_1014086367_qp_2 253/ 2002-02-18 19:39:27.303569500 status: local 0/10 remote 1/20 2002-02-18 19:39:27.306203500 end msg 63139 2002-02-18 19:39:27.451652500 new msg 63139 2002-02-18 19:39:27.454985500 info msg 63139: bytes 16862 from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 23122 uid 101 2002-02-18 19:39:27.511779500 starting delivery 320: msg 63139 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002-02-18 19:39:27.515098500 status: local 0/10 remote 2/20 2002-02-18 19:39:27.516477500 delivery 319: success: 24.86.125.167_accepted_message./Remote_host_said:_250_ok_1014086367_qp_2 3122/ 2002-02-18 19:39:27.523734500 status: local 0/10 remote 1/20 2002-02-18 19:39:27.526245500 end msg 63137 2002-02-18 19:39:27.677571500 delivery 320: failure: 24.86.125.167_failed_after_I_sent_the_message./Remote_host_said:_554_too _many_hops,_this_message_is_looping_(#5.4.6)/ Thanks again for the assistance, any help is appreciated. Paul. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elliot Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 7:22 PM Subject: Re: Too Many Hops > > pop access to your account and the ability to send and deliver mail to that account are separate processes.. > > have u checked your control files for validity ---> /var/qmail/control/* > or view them with qmail-showctl > check your qmail send log file -- what do you see qmail doing when it gets that mail where is it sending it :O) > > im sure you have already fixed this one... > ells.. > >
