Tag Archives: Outlook

Denial of Service vulnerability CVE-2022-44684 in Windows Local Session Manager (LSM)

[German]A brief security information. Shortly before Christmas, a warning popped up about a Denial of Service vulnerability in the Windows Local Session Manager (LSM). However, this DoS vulnerability with the CVE identifier CVE-2022-44684 is quite "strange". The identifier indicates that … Continue reading

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Outlook fails when sending mail with non-delivery report (Error 0x80040305)

[German]Microsoft has confirmed a problem in Outlook which leads to the mail dispatch being canceled. This may be due to the fact that the user has created a large number of folders in the mailbox. In the event of an … Continue reading

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Microsoft identifies Russian attacker exploiting CVE-2023-23397 in Outlook to access Exchange accounts

[German]CVE-2023-23397 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook that could be exploited in conjunction with Microsoft Exchange servers, which was closed with security updates in March 2023. Microsoft has now identified an attacker based in Russia who is actively exploiting CVE-2023-23397 … Continue reading

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Outlook 2019/2021: Microsoft shares workaround for "Send from" crash

[German]Since a few days now (November 21, 2023), users of Outlook 2019 and 2021 have been complaining that they can no longer send emails via Outlook. Outlook 2019 crashes as soon as "Send from" is selected in the mail client … Continue reading

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Outlook 2019: Crash when clicking "Send to"; and Outlook 365 deletes rules

[German]I'd like to summarize two topics related to Outlook that readers pointed out to me yesterday. It seems that a bug has crept into Outlook 2019 that causes the program to crash when "Send from" is selected. And another reader … Continue reading

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Outlook bug for slow saving fixed – fix being tested with insiders

[German]Microsoft recently fixed a bug in conventional Outlook that caused problems when saving attachments. The problem has annoyed Outlook 365 users since July 2023 who wanted to save attachments to network shares. The saving processes took a very long time … Continue reading

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New Outlook app: Microsoft's statement on transferred credentials and content

[German]After it became public knowing, that the new Outlook app transmits access data for mail accounts (credentials and content) to Microsoft,  Redmond has now explained the issue to German news site heise and made some statements. Tenor: If you use … Continue reading

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Beware: New Outlook app transfers access data to Microsoft

[German]I'm picking up on an (actually old) topic here in the blog, which is becoming virulent again with the new Outlook app introduced by Microsoft. The new Outlook app transfers all (actually secret) access data for mail accounts to Microsoft … Continue reading

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New Outlook: Microsoft will definitely not support COM add-ins

[German]Hope dies last, but now it's finally dead. Microsoft has just clarified in a blog post that the new Outlook app, which will eventually replace the classic Outlook, will not support COM. I touched on this topic here on the … Continue reading

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Microsoft fixes "open window" bug on Outlook startup

[German]Microsoft Outlook users have been plagued by an annoying bug since the end of June 2023. The program asked at every startup whether windows open in the previous session should be opened again (even if there were no such windows). … Continue reading

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