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On November 1, 2016, Microsoft will stop with supplying new updates to the Junk E-mail Filter (also known as SmartScreen) for Outlook and Exchange.

The Safe and Blocked Senders lists and the International Filter will continue to function as before but the Junk E-mail filter itself will become less effective as definitions will age. Eventually, Microsoft will remove the filter entirely from future Outlook and Exchange versions.

For most scenarios, this might actually sound more dramatic than it actually is; You might already be using a superior Junk E-mail Filtering solution without realizing it.

Continue reading: No more Junk E-mail Filter updates for Outlook and Exchange

A Security Update has been released for Outlook 2016. In addition to resolving the vulnerability, it also contains 12 documented improvements and fixes.

Most notable fixes are;

• Resolves the vulnerabilities mentioned in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-099 which could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file.
• When you mark a task as completed, you receive the following error message:
  We need to know who to send this to. Make sure you enter at least one name.
• When you send digitally signed email messages in a 64-bit version of Outlook 2016, you receive the following error message:
  A required action was not successful because of an unspecified error.
• After you enable the “I am currently giving a presentation” option in the Presentation Settings dialog box, Outlook will not be able to authenticate and will enter a “Need Password” state.

View: Download information for KB3115440

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update or the Update Now button when you are using Office 365 and updates Outlook to version 16.0.4417.1000 (msi-based installation) or 16.0.7070.2036 (Office 365 based installation).

A Security Update has been released for Outlook 2013. In addition to resolving the vulnerability, it also contains 15 documented improvements and fixes.

Most notable fixes are;

• Resolves the vulnerabilities mentioned in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-099 which could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file.
• Recipients on email sent programmatically in Outlook aren’t added to the user’s nickname cache. This can now be controlled via the EnableNicknameWithOM Registry value.
• After failing an initial logon, a subsequent retry may cause the following message to be incorrectly displayed:
  The Microsoft Exchange administrator has made a change that requires you quit and restart Outlook.
• You can’t open Mail in Control Panel if you have Outlook 2013 Click-to-Run installed.

View: Download information for KB3115452

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update or the Update Now button when you are using Office 365 and updates Outlook to version 15.0.4849.1000.

A Security Update has been released for Outlook 2010. In addition to resolving the vulnerability, it also contains 1 documented fix. 

• Resolves the vulnerabilities mentioned in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-099 which could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file.
• Attachments are rearranged, deleted, duplicated, or corrupted.

View: Download information for KB3115474

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update and updates Outlook to version 14.0.7172.5000.

A Security Update has been released for Outlook 2007. It resolves the vulnerabilities mentioned in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-099 which could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file.

View: Download information for KB3114981

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update and updates Outlook to version 12.0.6753.5000.