Ok folks, I am finally getting around to this. With certain addresses like this bounces one I consistently get "too many hops" messages in my error log and messages that never make it to certain people. especially AOL users.Any ideas what might be causing this?

Thanks, Daniel A. Creed

Aug 3 08:00:12 vader sendmail[18462]: h73C0ACD018462: from=<livingword-bounces@mail.thecreeds.net>, size=998, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<mailman.0.1059912005.18461.livingword@mail.thecreeds.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=vader [127.0.0.1] Aug 3 08:00:14 vader sendmail[18464]: h73C0ACD018462: to=<livingword-owner@mail.thecreeds.net>, delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=138585, relay=smtp-server.carolina.rr.com. [24.93.67.141], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (h73Bep88016479 Message accepted for delivery) Aug 3 08:00:12 vader sendmail[18462]: h73C0ACD018462: from=<livingword-bounces@mail.thecreeds.net>, size=998, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<mailman.0.1059912005.18461.livingword@mail.thecreeds.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=vader [127.0.0.1] Aug 3 08:00:14 vader sendmail[18464]: h73C0ACD018462: to=<livingword-owner@mail.thecreeds.net>, delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=138585, relay=smtp-server.carolina.rr.com. [24.93.67.141], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (h73Bep88016479 Message accepted for delivery) Aug 3 08:00:15 vader sendmail[18465]: h73C0ECD018465: from=<livingword-bounces@router.thecreeds.net>, size=1434, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<mailman.0.1059912005.18461.livingword@mail.thecreeds.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.82] Aug 3 08:00:17 vader sendmail[18468]: h73C0HCD018468: from=<livingword-bounces@router.thecreeds.net>, size=1896, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<mailman.0.1059912005.18461.livingword@mail.thecreeds.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.83] Aug 3 08:00:16 vader sendmail[18467]: h73C0ECD018465: to=<livingword-owner@router.thecreeds.net>, delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=139021, relay=smtp-server.carolina.rr.com. [24.93.67.141], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (h73Bi7mn015408 Message accepted for delivery) Aug 3 08:00:18 vader sendmail[18470]: h73C0HCD018468: to=<livingword-owner@router.thecreeds.net>, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=139483, relay=smtp-server.carolina.rr.com. [24.93.67.141], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (h73Beu88016493 Message accepted for delivery) Aug 3 08:00:19 vader sendmail[18471]: h73C0JCD018471: from=<livingword-bounces@router.thecreeds.net>, size=2358, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<mailman.0.1059912005.18461.livingword@mail.thecreeds.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.82] Aug 3 08:00:21 vader sendmail[18473]: h73C0JCD018471: to=<livingword-owner@router.thecreeds.net>, delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=139945, relay=smtp-server.carolina.rr.com. [24.93.67.141], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (h73BiCmn015433 Message accepted for delivery) Aug 3 08:00:21 vader sendmail[18474]: h73C0LCD018474: from=<livingword-bounces@router.thecreeds.net>, size=2820, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<mailman.0.1059912005.18461.livingword@mail.thecreeds.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.83] Aug 3 08:00:23 vader sendmail[18477]: h73C0NCD018477: from=<livingword-bounces@router.thecreeds.net>, size=3282, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<mailman.0.1059912005.18461.livingword@mail.thecreeds.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.83] Aug 3 08:20:54 vader sendmail[18611]: h73CKsCD018611: from=<>, size=13396, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200308031205.h73C0L3N018756@ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.82] Aug 3 08:20:56 vader sendmail[18613]: h73CKsCD018611: to=<livingword-bounces@router.thecreeds.net>, delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=35739, relay=smtp-server.carolina.rr.com. [24.93.67.141], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (h73C4lmn026095 Message accepted for delivery) Aug 3 08:20:56 vader sendmail[18614]: h73CKuCD018614: from=<>, size=13862, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200308031205.h73C0L3N018756@ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.83] Aug 3 08:20:58 vader sendmail[18614]: h73CKuCD018614: SYSERR(root): Too many hops 26 (25 max): from <> via ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com, to <livingword-bounces@router.thecreeds.net>ug 3 08:20:58 vader sendmail[18614]: h73CKuCD018614: SYSERR(root): Too many hops 26 (25 max): from <> via ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com, to <livingword-bounces@router.thecreeds.net> Aug 3 08:31:56 vader sendmail[18619]: h73CKuCD018614: SYSERR(root): Too many hops 26 (25 max): from <> via localhost, to <livingword-bounces@router.thecreeds.net> Aug 3 08:31:56 vader sendmail[18619]: h73CKuCD018614: h73CVtCE018619: postmaster notify: Too many hops 26 (25 max): from <> via localhost, to <livingword-bounces@router.thecreeds.net>