554 5.4.6 Too many hops
 

I configured a postfix smtp relay host on SLES 10 SP2. I am also running logwatch for analyzing system logs. I have configured logwatch to send mail to the local root account. In aliases I have added my email address so anything sent to root will be forwarded to me. Now I am getting a Mail Deliver Subsystem return on the logwatch email sent. The error is: 554 5.4.6 Too many hops 28 (25 max). Any idea what would cause this or where I should look. I verified that my email address is correct in the aliases.

Hi.

Sounds like you've got a forwarding loop somewhere. Make sure you've not set an alias which points towards an alias and back again or somesuch.

Dave

Thank you for your help. We were able to add a virtual alias to postfix which resolved the issue.