I got one too, a reply to a posting I had made to the Technet. I assume it's
harmless...just a case of the Internet, or some small part of it, telling me
it had a hard time delivering my message.
Tim Reeves
> ----------
> From:         Stephen R. Gregory
> Sent:         Saturday, March 18, 2000 6:31
> Subject:      Strange email...
>
> Good morning everybody!
>
> Below, I've pasted a message that was waiting in my mailbox for me this
> morning. It had a attachment with it (that I didn't open). Is anybody else
> getting these? I know of a couple people that have, but I'm wondering if
> everybody is? Looking at the email address, and the attachment has me
> worried...also the comment in the message; "may be forged".
>
> Just curious...
>
> -Steve Gregory-
>
> Subj:    Returned mail: Too many hops 305 (30 max): from <@pub
> Date:   03/18/2000 4:43:00 AM Central Standard Time
> From:   [log in to unmask] (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
> To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
>
> File:  Returned.mim (59131 bytes)
> DL Time (37333 bps): < 1 minute
>
> [This e-mail contains a MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) file.
> The file was specially formatted to be sent over the Internet.  For more
> information on opening the attached file, go to Keyword: MIME.]
> --------------------
> The original message was received at Sat, 18 Mar 2000 04:44:18 -0600 (CST)
> from pop2.guangzhou.gd.cn [202.96.128.113] (may be forged)
>
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 554 Too many hops 305 (30 max): from
> <@public.guangzhou.gd.cn:[log in to unmask]> via pop2.guangzhou.gd.cn, to
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> ----------------------- Headers --------------------------------
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>     Sat, 18 Mar 2000 04:44:26 -0600 (CST)
> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 04:44:26 -0600 (CST)
> From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[log in to unmask]>
> Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
>     boundary="EAB27092.953376266/mail.ipc.org"
> Subject: Returned mail: Too many hops 305 (30 max): from
> <@public.guangzhou.gd.cn:[log in to unmask]> via pop2.guangzhou.gd.cn, to
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)
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