No more Microsoft advisory email notifications?
We had this sent to us today letting us know there will no longer be emails sent by Microsoft for advanced notifications, etc. Instead people are to use the RSS feeds or other mechanisms.
******************************************************************** Notice to IT professionals: As of July 1, 2014, due to changing governmental policies concerning the issuance of automated electronic messaging, Microsoft is suspending the use of email notifications that announce the following: * Security bulletin advance notifications In lieu of email notifications, you can subscribe to one or more of the RSS feeds described on the Security TechCenter website. For more information, or to sign up for an RSS feed, visit the Microsoft Technical Security Notifications webpage at http://technet.microsoft.com/security/dd252948 |
Not quite sure what legislation changes they might be referring to (haven't seen anything yet). Either way if like me you used to receive these emails, you may no longer and you'll have to subscribe to the RSS feed.
I couldn't find anything on the Microsoft website (let me know if you can), but when following the links for "sign up for email notification" every page visited only has an RSS or web option, no email.
Cheers
Mark H - Shearwater
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Anonymous
Jun 28th 2014
1 decade ago
Anonymous
Jun 28th 2014
1 decade ago
Anonymous
Jun 28th 2014
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Anonymous
Jun 28th 2014
1 decade ago
One reason why many people are excited about the CASL is that it will likely be impossible for senders to distinguish between recipients in the US and those in Canada. So they will have to make sure their emails comply to CASL even for their US recipients.
Anonymous
Jun 28th 2014
1 decade ago
Anonymous
Jun 28th 2014
1 decade ago
Really?! When was the last time you had the option to "OPT IN"?!
Anonymous
Jun 28th 2014
1 decade ago
Either way the RSS feeds of interest can be found here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/security/dd252948
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/rss/bulletin
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/rss/comprehensive
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/rss/advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/rss.aspx
Anonymous
Jun 30th 2014
1 decade ago
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/06/microsoft-kills-security-emails-blames-canada/
"In an apparent reversal of its decision, Microsoft now says it will be re-starting its security notifications via email early next month. From a Microsoft’s spokesperson: “On June 27, 2014, Microsoft notified customers that we were suspending Microsoft Security Notifications due to changing governmental policies concerning the issuance of automated electronic messaging. We have reviewed our processes and will resume these security notifications with our monthly Advanced Notification Service (ANS) on July 3, 2014.”"
Anonymous
Jul 1st 2014
1 decade ago