106731 - Displaying certain (spam) messages causes CPU loop

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 98626

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect, P2)

Description

[Terry Hayes]

The attached a message that, when displayed, causes N6 to enter a hard CPU loop
(as indicated by the Windows task manager).  N6 stops responding to user input,
such as the delete button.

Comment 1

[Terry Hayes]

Attachment: email message source

Comment 2

[scottputterman]

Esther could you have someone try this out and see if they can reproduce this?

Comment 3

[esther]

Update:  I tested this message with 6.2.1 and sure enough CPU usage was looping
and I ended up having to end the task because NS6 was not responding.  However,
when I tested this same message with the nightly build 2002020703, I only see
the CPU process looping, I no longer see NS6 diabled.  I can delete the message,
move to other messages and so forth.    I only tried this on WinXP at this time.

Comment 4

[Michael Buckland]

Discussed in Mail News bug meeting with QA, PjM, and Engineering.  Decision was
to minus this bug and move to 1.2.

Comment 5

[esther]

per request by triage team, I checked to see if selecting another message or
switching folders or other actions to take focus away from the message in
question would stop the cpu usage loop, the answer is yes.  The CPU usage loops
only while that message is opened and again no crash or inability to use the
app. Minus stands!

Comment 6

[[e-mail]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 98626 ***

Comment 7

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

verified dup.