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To: j_b who wrote (13088)	7/29/1998 9:42:00 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

As the saying goes -- "never mind." Although, I guess I still would have preferred something like "software experts were still looking into Eudora, the world's most widely used ..." Jon.

To: j_b who wrote (13088)	7/29/1998 10:45:00 AM
From: Harvey Rosenkrantz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

E-mail clients vulnerable Software developers at Microsoft Corp. and Netscape Communications Corp. reportedly are working to repair a flaw in the security of their e-mail clients that could permit rogue messages to take control of recipients' computers. For instance, a message could result in the erasure of a hard disk, the San Jose Mercury News reported. The problem exists in Microsoft's (MSFT) Outlook Express and Outlook 98 and Netscape's (NSCP) Messenger Mail, but not apparently in Qualcomm Corp.'s (QCOM) Eudora e-mail programs. It can be exploited by assigning an exceptionally long file name to an attachment, The News reported. If the name is too long, the report explained, it will overflow the e-mail program's buffer. At that point, any software code contained in that overflow can sometimes execute commands on the user's computer.