Re: Outlook Express Prank

[martin langhoff]

Felix von Leitner wrote:
> What in the seven hells are you talking about?
> Who did what prank that caused Outlook to barf and die?
> 
> And if that happened as you insinuate above, why would you blame him and
> not Outlook?  

Felix,

        please, inform yourself and you'll save time. A few hours ago some
jokester ( Chris Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ) sent a msg that read

> If you want to have fun with Outlook Express users, put this in your signature:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[replace QUOTE with " ... I didn't know if were using a susceptible MUA]

        which is a valid address as per RFC822 -- and a recipe for OE lockup. A
few OE users on this list were hit. Chis knew what he was doing, and I'd
bet he did it for fun. 

        Now, however crappy OE may be, locking people's machines for fun is not
a behaviour to be encouraged. 


martin