22 Sep 2003
Sitefinder Breaks Outlook

Some folks have asked me: why should I care if Verisign returns a web page for a misspelled domain name? Sure, it's an abuse of their monopoly position, but it really doesn't break anything, does it?

Why Site Finder is Breaking MS Outlook & Windows Networking Utilities. I have discovered that VeriSign's SiteFinder service breaks Microsoft's Outlook and Microsoft's Outlook Express email readers as well as many of the standard Windows Networking Utilities by providing misleading error messages, temporary lockups, and incorrect status information. [CircleID]

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