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From: pel at adv.magwien.gv.at (Pellmann Paul)
Subject: AW: New Microsoft Internet Explorer mshtml.dll 
	Denial of Service?

This seems to be caused by the 1x1 image http://www.galad.com/frame/e1x1.gif used within the page. If I block this URL the IE stops crashing with that page.

cu
Paul 


> > Its a mail client issue; doesn't happen if you click on
> > a link from Internet Explorer.
> 
> No, I am very sure that this happens also, if you follow the 
> link inside
> a web page only (without an involving mail client).
> 
> So go to http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram.html , scroll down and
> click the link that says "Holger Hasselbach has translated several
> issues of Crypto-Gram into German [...]". The error occurs as 
> described
> in my original posting.
> 
> > Your mail headers don't exactly give away your own mail client. 
> > What would it be?
> 
> Microsoft Outlook 2002 SP2 on Windows XP Professional
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Marc Ruef
> 
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