Eudora exploit confirmed on 3.05 Pro

[j.baggen () STL-GROUP COM (j.baggen () STL-GROUP COM)]

At 07:46 7/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
> At least some versions of Eudora Light prior to 3.0.5 return a Divide by
> Zero error and immediately close when trying to pop a message that has a
> ctime of 0 (Read as Dec 31 1969 19:00 EST (-0500)).  This apparently
> corrupts the .mbx file, and both the message on the pop server and the .mbx
> file must be manually removed (or hacked) in order to proceed.  I can't
> reproduce this problem with version 3.0.5, and I don't have available an
> older copy to re-try this.
>
> I discovered this anomoly doing ISP tech support for a customer.
>
> Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Confirmed, I`ve tried with Eudora Pro 3.05. When mailserver is polled
Eudora will close immediatly and inbox is indeed corrupted. Message must
be deleted on the server.


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