DON'T DOWNLOAD IE5 -- YET! Major screwup!

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On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote:

> Dear Colleagues:
>
> Very serious!

Actually, not very serious.

> "IE5 Disagrees with Networking Protocol. "
>
> Bottom line recommendation from experts: UNINSTALL IE5, go back
> to 4.01 and wait for a Microsoft patch to resolve the contradiction.

While the concern is a legitimate concern - I haven't tested
independently to verify whether this is actually the case on all setups
- the impact of PPTP/IE5.0 incompatibility is very small, in that it
only affects users who use virtual networks to log on to firewalled
corporate intranets/LANs.  The purported incompatibility does not affect
either Dial-Up Networking/RAS connections, nor direct LAN
connections, and would have minimal impact on the average user using
non-tunnel TCP/IP connections.

Lance Taylor
(425) 703-2255, x15634
Software Test Engineer

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