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 -------------------------------- > Return-Path: <> > Received: from rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (rly-yg02.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.2]) > by > air-yg05.mail.aol.com (v70.19) with ESMTP; Sat, 18 Mar 2000 05:43:00 -0500 > Received: from mail.ipc.org (mail.ipc.org [216.203.207.34]) by > rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Sat, 18 Mar 2000 05:42:45 -0500 > Received: from localhost (localhost) > by mail.ipc.org (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with internal id EAB27092; > 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) > ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################