Re: NUL Character in message body locks up Outlook/Outlook Express

From: Boring, Andrew (Andrew.Boring_at_MILLERZELL.COM)
Date: 04/14/04

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    Date:         Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:35:32 -0400
To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM

    Ben Rampling wrote:

    > A number of Microsoft mail programs fail when they attempt to
    > download a
    > message containing ASCII NUL in the message body.

    [...]

    > Once the client attempts to download the particular message, the
    > "Sending/Receiving" email dialog locks up and can not be closed. The
    > next attempt to download email will also fail.

    [...]

    > Unfortunately I'm not in a position to test the IMAP support
    > in Outlook
    > for this bug, and my searches for any prior information on it
    > have come
    > back with nothing.

    I tested this using Outlook 2002 (10.2627.2625) running on a Windows
    2003 Terminal Server connecting to an Exchange server. I also turned on
    IMAP4 support on the Exchange server and retrieved all the message
    headers and opened the specific test message. No problems in either
    scenario. Just for kicks, I telnetted to port 110 (POP3) on the Exchange
    server and RETR[eived] the message without problem.

    I used the same python script to send the message to our Exchange server
    via a mail relay running Postfix and also used the script to send it
    directly to the Exchange server via SMTP. 

    --
Andrew Boring, andrew.boring@millerzell.com
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