At 05:04 AM 3/29/98 -0500, whiz wrote:
>Eudora Pro 4.0 crashes when it trys to retrieve a message that has an
>attachments with an extra long filename. The length of the filename
>effects the type of crash that will occur. A filename of greater then 233
>characters in length will cause an illegal operation. However, a
>bluescreen of death occurs and a reboot is necessary if the filename is
>exactly 233 characters.
>
>Heres how to recreate it on Windows 95.
>1. Create a file with a long name(>=233).
>2. In Eudora, send an e-mail to your self with the new file attached.
>3. Now check your mail, Eudora should crash when it starts to download the
>attachment.
>
>And since Eudora crashes before it deletes the message from the server you
>will have to do this in order to check your mail again:
>1. Telnet to your mail server.
>2. Type USER yourusername, hit enter.
>3. Type PASS yourpassword, hit enter.
>4. Type DELE 1, hit enter.
>5. Type QUIT, hit enter.
>
>-whiz
>
>
Lewis Eatherton
Network Architect
SegaSoft, Inc