I will be interested in what you come up with for filters, Scott.

Gordon

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> Whoops!  I don't know how that went out.  Anyways, 
>http://www.ussrback.com/labs50.html has a description of the problem.  It was able to 
>crash Outlook Express on my Windows 2000 machine, and appears as though it could have 
>run code on there, too.
> 
> Imagine a virus that could replicate as soon as your mail client received the 
>message, whether or not you opened it.  It would spread a lot faster (not having to 
>wait for you to open it), and a lot wider (since it would get sent whether or not you 
>opened it).
> 
> I have been working on a filter to block corrupted Date: headers to try to prevent 
>any problems on my mail server here.  We are now blocking POP3 access to outside 
>servers.
>                            -Scott
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 17:18:08 -0400
> 
> Has anyone been giving much thought to the header overflow issue?
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