[exim] suspected mail loop - Not

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Author: graeme vetterlein
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To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] suspected mail loop - Not
I received a message frozen warning.

The following address(es) have yet to be delivered:
graeme.home@???:*Too many "Received" headers* - suspected mail loop

So I took it at face value, maybe I have a mail loop?

However, tracking the original message down, it was from IBM and contains e.g.

    *29 matches for "Received" in buffer: 1670514307.H745399P3100673.ybox.xxx *


and they all appear legitimate** , it really did pass through 29 servers !

In the past (e.g. with ! style addressing) this used to happen, but less so with recent email.
So I guess the question is:

    1:*Is there a tunable somewhere?*
    2:*Is the current default reasonable?*



I can post the headers (or indeed the mail) but I'll need to redact a small bit as I suspect they've exposed a mail relay which was intended to be hidden.


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Graeme