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Old 07-14-2009
robsonde robsonde is offline
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the hop count stops email from hopping around forever...

it depends on who is sending you mail but a hop limit of 20 is a good starting number.

set it to 30, this should let in 99% of valid mail but still stop a mail from hopping around forever.