FIX: GoDaddy VPS 554 too many hops Error

Here’s a quick fix for the “Remote host said: 554 too many hops, this message is looping (#5.4.6)” error message you might get when trying to send an e-mail to an e-mail address configured in PLESK on a GoDaddy Linux VPS running Qmail.

  1. SSH Into your GoDaddy VPS
  2. Copy the file located at /var/qmail/control/smtproutes to /var/qmail/control/smtproutes.old
  3. Open the file located at /var/qmail/control/smtproutes
  4. Delete its contents

I believe this will only work if you’re not using GoDaddy to host any of your e-mail and you only want your VPS and PLESK (running Qmail) to be responsible for hosting your e-mail.

More information and the original fix can be found here: http://www.datapencil.com/horde.htm

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