Re: [Thinkpad] OT: MAPI32 notice: bogus or not?

ELLIS, YOU HAVE BEEN VIRUSIZED
PLEASE GO OFF LINE UNITL YOU FIX IT
WE ARE ALL IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK, AND YOU ARE NOW GOING TO SPAM THE CRAP OUT
OF US
And yes, that was in CAPS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellis Weiner" <eweiner@nni.com>
To: "ThinkPad Mail List" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 7:58 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] OT: MAPI32 notice: bogus or not?

> I'm sorry to bother the group with this, but it DID happen on my TP600,
> so indulge me for a second.
>
> I got an email from Microsoft with a patch for various OS's, including
> Win 98 (which is what's on my TP), saying it fixes
> something in IE. So I installed it. Now I get, repeatedly, a notice
> that says this:
>
> "An internal error has occurred in module mapi32.dll.
>
> Default mail account structure has a damaged table of contents. It is
> recommended to newly configure your account records. MAPI32 needs these
> informations in order to be able to send and receive mail. Failure to
> do so may cause that some MAPI32 dependent applications (such as Outlook
> or Outlook Express) become non-functional."
>
>
> Then comes a series of fields to fill out, including name, ISP, SMTP, my
> password for the account, etc.
>
> The above notice is either illiterate or translated badly from another
> language. Has anyone ever seen it before? Do you guys think it's
> legit? I
> keep hitting Cancel, and it goes away, and then reappears.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Ellis
>
>
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