Is the fix fixed? Some system administrators say that Microsoft's second software fix for an Exchange mail server bug is causing those servers to hang--just like the first patch. "This is the same exact problem as the first patch," said Chuck Myntti, a system administrator at the University of Utah, who had to rebuild the mail server to rid it of the pesky patch. Last Thursday, Microsoft revealed that users who connect to an Exchange 2000 mail server via the Web could have their mailboxes deleted or modified thanks to a recently discovered security hole. On Friday, the company pulled down the fix after several system administrators complained that newly patched exchange servers hung, leaving any inbound e-mail to pile up on external servers. The company also announced that the flaw not only affected Exchange 2000 but Exchange 5.5 as well. Microsoft posted the latest patch Saturday, but some system administrators are claiming that the software is still not working.
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