Microsoft KB Archive/328872

= OAER: Outlook Stops Responding and You Receive an Error That References the Spamnet.dll File =

Article ID: 328872

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Application Error Report
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q328872



Thank You for Your Help!
Microsoft thanks you for taking the time to send us information about the program error that you just experienced. After investigating error reports provided by our users, our engineers devised a workaround for this problem. This article contains information that may help you avoid experiencing this problem again in the future.

ERROR SIGNATURE
This article describes a problem in which Microsoft Outlook unexpectedly quits (crashes) with the following error signature   App Name      App Version    Module Name    Module Version  Offset Outlook.exe  appversion     Spamnet.dll    version         0001c45f where  is a number greater than or equal to 9.0.0.2416, and where   is a number greater than or equal to 0.9.9.3. Additionally, other offsets and module names are possible.



SYMPTOMS
When you use one of the Outlook products listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message:

Microsoft Outlook has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

To see what data this error report contains, click here.

When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature similar to the error listed at the beginning of this article.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if the Cloudmark SpamNet Outlook add-in is installed on your computer.

NOTE: The Cloudmark SpamNet Outlook add-in is supported by Cloudmark Inc.



WORKAROUND
Cloudmark has released a later version of the SpamNet Outlook add-in (6g or later) that may contain a fix for this issue. You can download this add-in from the Cloudmark Web site listed below.

http://www.cloudmark.com/products/spamnet/download

If the updated version of the SpamNet Outlook add-in does not fix this problem, contact Cloudmark Inc. to obtain assistance to remove the Cloudmark SpamNet Outlook add-in from your computer.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about Cloudmark SpamNet Outlook add-in, visit the following Cloudmark Web site:

http://www.cloudmark.com

For information about how to contact Cloudmark, Inc., click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

The Office Error Reporting dialog box appears when an error occurs that results in a fatal event in the program. The dialog box includes a button to send the information about the fatal event to Microsoft. Microsoft gathers information about these types of events in a database to try to identify the cause. For more information about the Microsoft Data Collection Policy, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/dcp20.asp

For additional information, click the following article numbers to view the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

283768 OFFXP: End User Privacy Policy in Application Error Reporting

289508 HOW TO: Read the Error Signature from Office Application Error Reporting If Program Quits Unexpectedly

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The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

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