With over a million users, Outlook is one of the leading email clients all around the globe, and its features definitely make it different from other email clients. S/MIME, or Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, is an end-to-end encryption protocol-based on public-key cryptography and works just like SSL connections-that enables users to send digitally signed and encrypted messages.Īccording to a security advisory published by SEC Consult earlier this week, a severe bug (CVE-2017-11776) in Microsoft Outlook email client causes S/MIME encrypted emails to be sent with their unencrypted versions attached. Working alongside Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint Server is also possible, which tends to organizations who need to share inboxes, calendars or other data.
available for free as a browser-based app. One thought on Microsoft Outlook: maximum number of emails sent per hour/day nick says: Maat 3:35 pm yes,outlook has it limitations,but all the other freemail programs do have it. It’s included in the Microsoft 365 collection of productivity apps, along with Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Beware, If you are using S/MIME protocol over Microsoft Outlook to encrypt your email communication, you need to watch out.įrom at least last 6 months, your messages were being sent in both encrypted and unencrypted forms, exposing all your secret and sensitive communications to potential eavesdroppers. What’s great about Outlook is that it’s more than just an email software, it also makes it easy to manage your, calendar, to-do lists, and contacts in one place.