E-mail+Hops

E-mail Hops

Have you ever had the Error message “ Too many Hops “ ? Or something similar ?

What this means is as follows:-

When you send an E-Mail it has to pass through several different Computers before it arrives at it’s destination, and each one of those Computers is called a HOP

Ergo, it basically means there were too many transfers between your E-mail and the recipient's.

The majority of E-mail programs have a set limit of hops that an E-mail can go through consequently if to many occur it terminates.

And there is nothing that you can do about it, other than talk to your ISP, in particular if this is happening with specific addresses, they may increase the Hops for you.

Don’t hold your breath though they are only interested in collecting your subscriptions.