I would do as Brad suggested and run ethereal, or if that does not work, install something like zone alarm and then install Java and see what zone alarm says.
Shannon On Feb 27, 2004, at 10:07 AM, John Hebert wrote: > I noticed something kinda weird this morning on my > Microsoft devel laptop that I wanted to ask others > about. Basically, it seems that installing Java 2 SDK, > SE v1.4.2_03 (j2sdk-1_4_2_03-windows-i586-p.exe) > invokes MAPI (Messaging Application Programming > Interface), which means it runs Outlook in the > background without notifying me. > > I know it does this because I was recently screwing > around with the configuration settings of an install > of Outlook I have on my laptop for testing. I normally > use Mozilla Thunderbird for email > (http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/) on both > Windows and Linux, which also easily allows me to > share my Windows Mozilla profile (bookmarks, email) > when booted into Linux via a symlink to the mounted > Windows partition. > > I was testing an app to change the default Outlook > SaveAs/Open Path > (http://www.slipstick.com/config/attachfolder.htm) so > that another user on my network could open his IMAP > account by default instead of his Outlook Personal > Folder (didn't work|made > shortcut{imap:\\mail.it-group.com\Inbox} instead). I > closed Outlook and started other work, which included > installing the Java2SDK. > > When I started the J2SDK install, the installer gave > an error that it couldn't locate > "mail.it-group.com\Inbox", which reminded me of my > earlier changes to Outlook. I know this to be the > case, because I reversed the changes to Outlook and > the installer then worked normally. > > Now, my question is: Why does installing the Java2SDK > on Windows invoke MAPI (Outlook)? Is it sending an > email message to Sun? And most importantly, do other > app installs do the same thing? Have you noticed > similar activity with other Windows or Linux app > installs? > > It kinda bothers me that Sun does this without > notifying me. I can't think of a good reason why it > needs to make a MAPI call if not for sending an email. > Is there a way to monitor or sniff my port activity to > determine what the contents of the email message sent > to Sun? > > Thanks. > > ===== > John Hebert > Official BRLUG Linux Curmudgeon > Open Source Ankle Biter > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Shannon Roddy LIGO - Caltech 225.686.3106 (work) 225.933.7821 (cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
