Re: Outpost Bug? Same rules keep being re-applied for apps!

From: Nospam@nospamwantedfromanyone.com
Date: 12/24/01 

From: Nospam@nospamwantedfromanyone.com
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 22:58:16 GMT

On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 20:14:25 +0000, Kulvinder Singh Matharu
<Real-Address-In-Sig@lineone.net> wrote:

>Not too sure what's happening, but Outpost insists on bringing up the
>Rules-Wizard for several applications even though the *non-modified*
>applications are already in the rules-list (for the same rules).
>
>I know the apps haven't changed...it happens several times during a
>session and they could be than a minute apart depending on when the
>application wants to make a connection.
>
>I'm not posting to the Agnitum forum as I haven't received my
>registration confirmation e-mail as of yet. Besides, I hate those
>web-based forums, too much bother to use. That's why use a
>*newsreader*!

Mine does the same thing. I suspect that in my case the actual IP address
for an smtp address smtp-server.someprovider.com may change from time to
time and Outpost uses the IP address, not the name, for the comparison.
This is purely a guess at this point and is not confirmed in any way.

(I hate the Web forums too!)

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