Glen wrote:

> 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


Sorry, after I posted the previous message, the starting thread referred 
to the Win98 platform.  Uhmmm, never mind.

Glen



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