Re: Microsoft IE6 is crashing with Linux 2.4.X

["Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org>]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 12:50:28AM +0200, Nerijus Baliunas wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 01:45:28 -0700 "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org> wrote:
> 
> JVM> The mail server was down for over 9 hours today.  Suffice to say if 
> JVM> you are using RedHat Seawolf with Sendmail 8.11.X you need to upgrade 
> JVM> to 8.12.00 and enable UseMSP=Yes and set up the indirect submission
> JVM> methods for smmsp:smmsp.  I used tcpdump and determined that IE6 will 
> JVM> send "hidden" emails to addresses at msn.com (they appeared random).  I 
> JVM> have no idea why it is doing this, but these emails appeared to contain 
> JVM> system level information.  There was also obvious (and very nasty) packet 
> JVM> corruption from IE6 that sendmail 8.11.X does not handle very well at all
> JVM> whe it gets these corrupted packets.  
> 
> Just to be sure - do you have latest antivirus updates?

Snicker, Snicker, Snicker ..... In all the time I've run Linux servers
for my business (about 4 years) I have never once installed a 
"Linux anti-virus" update.  No, I have not installed any W2K virus
software.  

I do, however, use a very powerful piece of Microsoft anti-virus 
software on my production servers -- it's called "the Linux 
Operating System."

:-)

Jeff 

> 
> Regards,
> Nerijus