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Hotfix KB2596845 for Outlook 2007
This hotfix contains a fix for an issue where read receipts are not being sent when the DisableTNEF registry entry has been set and result in the following send/receive error:

Task ‘account name – Sending’ reported error (0x800CCC13): ‘Cannot connect to the network. Verify your network connection or modem.’

View: More details and download information for KB2596845

Obtaining the hotfix
This is a Hotfix and not a regular update. You can request it via the KB article page.

A Rollup Update has been released for Outlook 2010 and can be downloaded and installed manually, but is also being offered via Microsoft Update.

Update KB2687623 for Outlook 2010
This is a non-security update and has been described as “contains the latest stability and performance improvements”.

This rollup updates contains fixes which were released in various hotfixes since April 2012.

• KB2598318 released in April (14 fixes)
• KB2598374 released in June (16 fixes)
• KB2687351 released in August (23 fixes)
• KB2687396 released in August (1 fix)
• KB2687608 released in October (26 fixes)
• KB2687620 released in October (2 fixes)

It also contains 3 new fixes which were not included in any of the hotfixes listed above.

View: Download information for KB2687623

If you have Microsoft Update configured to also update other Microsoft applications, then this update will also also be offered via Microsoft Update or has already been updated automatically for you.

A Rollup Update has been released for Outlook 2007 and can be downloaded and installed manually, but is also being offered via Microsoft Update.

Update KB2687404 for Outlook 2007
This is a non-security update and has been described as “contains the latest stability and performance improvements”.

This rollup updates contains 16 fixes which were released in 2 hotfixes since July 2012.

• KB2687336 released in August (7 fixes)
• KB2687540 released in October (9 fixes)

View: Download information for KB2687404

If you have Microsoft Update configured to also update other Microsoft applications, then this update will also also be offered via Microsoft Update or has already been updated automatically for you.

Note: It does not contain update KB2687329 which is contains an updated Holiday list.

Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 is now available for direct download (see below for links). As it also contains a security update, it’s directly being offered via Microsoft Update as well.

It includes 20 new fixes since Exchange 2010 SP2 RU4. Notable fixes are:

• KB2712595 Microsoft Exchange RPC Client Access service crashes when you run the New-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• KB2743761 DAG loses quorum if a router or switch issue occurs in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• KB2748767 You receive an NDR message that incorrectly contains recipients of successful message delivery in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• KB2748870 Declined meeting request is added back to your calendar after a delegate opens the request by using Outlook 2010
• KB2763886 “The operation failed” error in the Outlook client when you open a saved message from the Drafts folder and then try to send it in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

No expected release date for the next update rollup has been made known yet.

Download: Exchange 2010 SP2 Rollup  (KB2719800)
View: Description of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2

Microsoft has again re-released Rollup 8 for Exchange 2007 SP1 to address an issue in which digital signatures on files produced and signed by Microsoft will expire prematurely.

Download: Update Rollup 8-v3 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2778154)
View: Original list of fixes in Update Rollup 8 for Exchange 2007 SP3 (KB2734323)
View: Microsoft Security Advisory 2749655