{"id":5735,"date":"2022-01-24T07:56:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T13:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/?p=5735"},"modified":"2022-08-23T09:29:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:29:33","slug":"smtp-error-446","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/smtp-error-446\/","title":{"rendered":"SMTP Error 446"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/smtp-error-446\/#what_does_this_mean\" >What does this mean?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/smtp-error-446\/#how_to_fix_smtp_error_446\" >How to fix SMTP Error 446?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong>: The maximum hop count was exceeded for the message: an internal loop has occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what_does_this_mean\"><\/span>What does this mean?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your mail server was unable to determine where to send the email. This can be caused by numerous redirects and different intermediate mail exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_fix_smtp_error_446\"><\/span>How to fix SMTP Error 446?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact your SMTP or Mail Exchange provider for verification on this error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description: The maximum hop count was exceeded for the message: an internal loop has occurred. What does this mean? Your mail server was unable to determine where to send the email. This can be caused by numerous redirects and different intermediate mail exchanges. How to fix SMTP Error 446? 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