Re: [Spambayes] Outlook plugin crash

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:28:56 -0800

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Can someone with a knowledge of the plugin code tell me whether it violates the modern fad of scrupulously avoiding the execution of data? Old-time coders like me used to do it all the time. (You can get away with it even in recursive and reentrant programs if you're careful.) But it's considered a security risk today, and the GX620 has a factory-preset BIOS option to prevent it. During the weekend, after I sent my original note, I found a program that wouldn't run on my computer until I disabled that option. I'm wondering now whether I ought to make another run at Spambayes with the option turned off. Any advice for me?

Bob 
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Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 12:19 PM
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Subject: [Spambayes] Outlook plugin crash

R. K. Coe

For as long as I can remember, there has been a trickle of reports of Spambayes causing hard crashes in Outlook. (I submitted some myself two or three years ago.) I don't remember whether this particular one has been reported or not.

Spambayes plugin with Outlook 2002 (Office XP SP3) under Windows Server 2003 SP1. Outlook crashes immediately and blames the crash on Spambayes when I try to restart. No Spambayes toolbar, nothing in the log; presumably it doesn't get that far. But in order to get Outlook to restart, I have to accept Outlook's offer to disable Spambayes. I reinstalled Spambayes once or twice, which didn't help.

Has anyone gotten Spambayes to run successfully in this configuration? In fact, has anyone used it at all with WS 2003? This was a newly minted WS 2003 computer (a Dell Optiplex GX620), and it crashed the first time (and all subsequent times) I tried to run Outlook/Spambayes. So far, Outlook runs OK on that machine without Spambayes.

Bob 

MIS Department, City of Cambridge
831 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02139  ·  617-349-4217  ·  fax 617-349-6165

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