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It had images in the .doc file. Also, I did as you did and put the .msg
file in a mailbox and pulled it from the server.. The .doc file was
attached and was indeed a normal intact file but there was also this in
the body of the email.
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Times New Roman;}}
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;\red0\green0\blue0;\red128\green0\blue128;\red128\green0\blue0;}
{\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1503;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs24\par
\pard\qc\cf0\f1\fs20{\pict\wmetafile8\picwgoal1485\pichgoal1185
0100090000037c0800000300be0000000000050000000b02aafda8fd050000000c02e604b1
0411
00000026060f001800ffffffff00001000a8fdffffaafdffff590200009002000009000000
2606
0f000800ffffffff020000001000000026060f001600ffffffff04000e00544e5050070038
513d
50b50575000a00000026060f000a00544e505000000200f0030900000026060f000800ffff
ffff
030000000f00000026060f001400544e505004000c00010000000100000000000000050000
000b
02aafda8fd050000000c02e604b1040900000026060f000800ffffffff0000000009000000
2606
and more and more and more of it. Looks like the binary file to me...
By chance was the sender of the email on yours from AOL?
Lewis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Grimes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:21 AM
Subject: [Modus] Modus server not responding.
> * This is the modus mailing list *
>
> Lewis,
>
> The one that was pulling down the system today was an attached .doc file
> approx 17meg, I don't think the message was inline just an attachment.
Do
> you know if your message was an image or just a straight word document?
>
> Curious,
> Ken Grimes
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lewis Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:11 AM
> Subject: [Modus] Modus server not responding.
>
>
> > * This is the modus mailing list *
> >
> > Hi Ken,
> > We had a problem this weekend with a .doc file. It was sitting in the
> > incoming folder and had pushed CPU at 100% and memory for moduscan was
> > over 110 MB. I am wondering if it has anything to do with someone
trying
> > to email with the .doc file inline.
> > Thanks.
> > Lewis
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ken Grimes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:18 AM
> > Subject: [Modus] Modus server not responding.
> >
> >
> > > * This is the modus mailing list *
> > >
> > > I know someone has mentioned this on the list in the last few days
but
> > we
> > > had a few complaints from our customers today about the mail server
> > timing
> > > out and acting extremely slow to POP3 & SMTP & Webmail. We found
the
> > oldest
> > > message in the "invirus" folder and it was a 15 or 17meg file that
ended
> > up
> > > being a word document. We copied the file to our mailbox and
downloaded
> > it
> > > and everything seems to function. It is a bunch of pictures in a
.doc
> > > format....obviously not the best format for sending images but that
is
> > what
> > > they chose. The other incident I can remember that tripped up the
> > server
> > > was a .doc file as well, is there a problem with certain .doc files
that
> > > maybe is coming to head? I have a copy of the message if someone
would
> > like
> > > me to submit it, however I don't want to send it through the server
> > > again...maybe we can move it to FTP. Let me know if you want it.
> > >
> > > BTW: We fixed it by stopping all services and moving the files out
of
> > the
> > > "invirus" folder then restarting the services.
> > >
> > > Ken Grimes
> > >
> > >
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