Re: Eudora exploit (was Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS98-008))

From: Alan Brown (alanat_private)
Date: Thu Jul 30 1998 - 04:11:08 PDT

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    On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Chris Owen wrote:
    
    > > Can anyone confirm or deny this?
    >
    > I know that with version up to at least 3.0.3, setting the clock forward
    > 100 years will cause Eudora to cause a segmentation fault when sending
    > mail.  Spent hours on this one ;-]
    
    Eudora will also die horribly if it receives any mail dated prior
    to Jan 1, 1970. We had a spate of this a couple of years back when
    one machine started sending mail to us with the Envelope and From:
    dates between 1965-1968.
    
    AB
    



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