HowTo-Outlook

The following updates and hotfixes have been released for Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010;

Update KB244978 for Outlook 2003
This is a rollup update for Outlook 2003 containing 1 additional fix for crashes with specific add-ins.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2449798

Update KB2412171 for Outlook 2007
This is a rollup update for Outlook 2007. Currently, no additional fixes have been announced for this update but several new issues have been reported with this update.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2412171

Hotfix KB2458611 for Outlook 2007
This Hotfix contains 11 fixes for specific issues and adds support for connecting to the Exchange 2010 Online Archive. Most notable fixes are;

• Sent Messages of an IMAP account are not stored to the Sent Items folder of the IMAP account even if the account is configured to do so.
• Outlook doesn’t close when specific add-ins are installed.
  Solutions to various programmatic issues when using BeforeItemMove.
• For requirements to connect to the Exchange 2010 Online Archive see; Exchange archive not visible in Outlook

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2458611

Hotfix KB2459115 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix contains 10 fixes for specific issues. Most notable fixes are;

• Solutions to various programmatic issues when using BeforeItemMove.
• Outlook may stop responding when connecting to a large IMAP mailbox.
• Contacts from a SharePoint contact list have their preferred message format set to Rich Text Format (RTF).

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2459115

Obtaining the updates and hotfixes
The updates can be obtained and installed via Microsoft Update.

As for the hotfixes; since these are hotfixes and not regular updates, you won’t be offered this update via Microsoft Update but will have to request it. You can do this at the information page of each hotfix.

If you are not (seriously) effected by any of these issues, it is recommended to wait for the next Service Pack or regular Rollup Update which will most likely contain all these fixes as well.

Update Rollups have been made available for Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010.

• Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1
• Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3
• Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2010 RTM
• Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2

Note that these will be the last Update Rollups for Exchange 2007 SP2 and Exchange 2010 RTM. It is recommended to upgrade to Exchange 2007 SP3 or Exchange 2010 SP1.

Are you fully prepared already? It’s only 2 more weeks till Christmas! If sending out Christmas cards is still on your To-Do List in Outlook, then the Christmas guide might be helpful to you.

Outlook can be a great help when you need to address all your envelopes by either printing the address directly on them or onto labels. Simply select which people you want to send an email to (Categories as useful in this case) and do a mail merge with Mailing Labels or Envelopes as the selected output.

To make sure you keep track of how much time there is left till Christmas, Add-In Express has created a free add-in which adds a countdown timer in the bottom left corner of Outlook.

This little add-in, “invented” by fellow Outlook MVP Eric Legault, has a few more tricks up its sleeve as well and works with Outlook 2000 or later (yes, even the 64-bit version of Outlook 2010!).

Download: Free Outlook Christmas Day Countdown Add-in!

For more mail merge instructions and tips see; Mail Merge
For the special Christmas guide with additional links to ideas and Christmas templates see; Christmas Time!

A security update has been released which could allow remote code execution via a specially crafted Rich Text Format (RTF) e-mail message. The remote code would run with the same rights as the currently logged on used.

In addition, this security update offers fixes for 4 other security vulnerabilities.

View: Microsoft Security bulletin MS10-87

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