Re: [Leica] e-mail problem

["Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>]

Bill:

Windows 95 has a problem with the TCPIP (protocol for Internet
communication) stack that can manifest itself this way.  It basically means
that after a lot of use something fails (the call it a stack leak) and you
will get these errors from programs trying to access the internet or TCPIP.
 This happens mainly on machines that transfer a lot of data and/or are
kept connected for long periods of time.  A daily reboot of a windows 95
machine will usually avoid this.  I find I have problems more often now
that I am on a cable modem and connected all the time.  This has probably
been corrected in Windows 98 and was never a problem with Windows NT, which
is probably the most stable operating system other than commercial variants
of unix.

Regards,

Robert

At 11:43 AM 10/25/99 -0700, Bill Larsen wrote:
>Thanks for the info, Doug.  I didn't get the error message --- the computer
>just froze and I still don't know why.  It took three attempts to reset the
>computer and finally a complete power down with windows still running to
clear
>the problem.  I found no know virus --- at least I put the system through a
>complete analysis and disk scan and trash dump so I should be clean until the
>next message.
>
>Bill
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Doug McLernon <dhwsmc@eircom.net>
>To: LEICA <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 3:05 AM
>Subject: [Leica] e-mail problem
>
>
>|I just received a message on the LUG from what looked as if it was from an
>|oriental gentlemen - name  not on screen long enough to read - that
>|immediately brought up the error message "this program has performed an
>|illegal operation and will be shut down" ( I didn't know to mess with
>|Microsoft was against the law - but I digress) There appears to be a "page
>|fault" in the transmission. If you are having this problem in MS Outlook the
>|answer appears to be to  delete the Leica folder - or whenever you have the
>|LUG filtered - and re-install the folder. If you see a message from whoever
>|sent within the past hour you will recognize the difficulty - don't click on
>|that message it causes the problem even in the preview mode.
>|Doug
>|
>
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