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Eyal Axelrod [MSFT]

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Feb 4, 2009, 11:59:33 AM2/4/09
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Hi all,
We have identified a bug that can cause WL Mail to not shutdown correctly in
some scenarios.

Until we fix this bug, we have a work around that will help:
This issue can happen every time you shutdown if your block senders list
(safe senders list as well) contains an email with illegal characters. In
the Web UI of Windows Live Hotmail, go to your "Safe and blocked senders"
options. Then check the lists for strange characters that don't normally
appear in email address (such as ~ and |). Remove those entries from the
list. You can also clear the list completely to be sure to get all the
entries. Then give mail a try and see if that solves the issue for you.

Thanks,
Eyal [MSFT]

...winston

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Feb 4, 2009, 12:33:23 PM2/4/09
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Eyal,

Is a complete list of all illegal characters available ?

Or should everyone assume anything not an alphabet or numeric character is illegal ?

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Eyal Axelrod [MSFT]

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Feb 4, 2009, 9:56:49 PM2/4/09
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_'-+=&

That's the list of *allowable* non-alphanum characters. There are also
restrictions on the domain portion: it can't start with/end with a dot for
example.

Also, domains longer than 256 and addresses longer than 512 are considered
illegal.

Eyal [MSFT]

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Peter.R

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Feb 5, 2009, 12:31:21 AM2/5/09
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Thanks very much for passing on this information Eyal.

And well done for identifying the bug.

So a Complete Uninstall/Reinstall would have solved the problem, but only temporarily if the same addresses were re-added to the Safe/Blocked Senders lists.

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Peter.R
(Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live Mail 14.0.8050.1202)
"There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Shakespeare

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...winston

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Feb 5, 2009, 3:31:01 AM2/5/09
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Eyal,
Thank you very much and much appreciative of your time and commitment to keeping us informed.

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