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
