Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!milton!owen@raven.phys.washington.edu
From: owen@raven.phys.washington.edu (Russell Owen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Eudora POP mail client and A/UX 2.0
Message-ID: <18640@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 91 00:53:06 GMT
References: <27DE8919.1A30@intercon.com> <1991Mar13.223450.20337@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Mar14.154311.14616@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> <1991Mar15.024642.13733@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <2369@stsci.EDU>
Sender: news@milton.u.washington.edu
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Washington
Lines: 21

In article <2369@stsci.EDU> schiffer@stsci.EDU (Skip Schiffer) writes:
>...using NCSA Telnet with MacTCP can result in a crash and burn of the Mac
>if you have the following scenario:
>
>        - open telnet session on host
>        - crash macintosh (maybe by doing my typical development :-))
>        - open new telnet session on host
>        - note that there are two session on host
>        - kill old session
>        -  B O O M

I haven't seen this (yet, anyway). I have to kill sessions left over --
usually from Mac crashes (sigh), but sometimes from the connection dying --
and I've never had it cause me any trouble. My config: System 6.0.5, NCSA/BYU
Telnet 2.3.4, MacTCP 1.0.1, various Macs (one with an ethernet card).
The other end is a VAX running Multinet software (very reliable).

Is the problem intermittant, or does it happen every time?

-- Russell
owen@raven.phys.washington.edu