Antti Koskipaa wrote:

> There are several ways to crash the message filter editor.
> They are pretty much reproducible.
> 
> (Mozilla 0.9.6 Build ID 2001112009 on Win98)
> 
> The first way to crash:
> 1. Start mailnews. The header "Mozilla Mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>    appears in the big window.
> 2. Select "Advanced features: create message filters" below.
> 3. From the pop-up window, click "New".
> 4. Click some 30 times on "More" to add lines. No need to type anything.
> 5. Select action "delete the message" (for example, does
>    not matter what action you want it to take)
> 6. Click OK.
> 7. Select the newly created filter. Click on "Edit".
> 8. Click on "more" to add a line (or add several lines).
> 9. Click OK. Crash!
> 
> The second way:
> 1. Do as above until step 8.
> 2. Start whacking the "Fewer" button to remove lines.
> 3. Continue until crash. Just before the crash I saw
>    the current date in a field to which I had not typed anything!
> 
> Third way:
> 1. Again do as in the first way until step 8.
> 2. Click on "less" a couple of times to remove lines.
> 3. Scroll the list up and down with the mouse a few times.
> 4. The current date appears at random fields. If not, go to
>    step 2 and try again.
> 5. The up/down scrolling with the dates appearing may crash Mozilla.
> 
> Fourth way:
> 1. Just experiment with it. You'll crash it. This may be an overflow bug.
> 
> I witnessed the crash with only 17 entries on the list,
> trying to add more.
> 
> Can anyone confirm?
> 
> -- 
> - Antti


I find Mozilla unexpectantly closes when OK or Cancel is clicked in the 
filter configuration when I use xfce window manager.  This action 
doesn't happen when I use KDE window manager though.

Glen



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