Microsoft deprecating “obsolete” SmartScreen spam filters in Outlook and Exchange

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Published onSeptember 1, 2016

published onSeptember 1, 2016

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Microsoft is making changes to SmartScreen, a spam content filter, available in Windows 10. These changes will affect Outlook and Exchange users. In Outlook and Exchange, SmartScreen analyzes each email message and rates the email according to SmartScreen’s Spam Confidence Level (SCL). These emails are then sent to Outlook’s junk folder.SmartScreen is also available in Edge and Internet Explorerbrowsers, offering online protection against malicious websites and online content, including downloads.

Here’s a look at the changes to SmartScreen,according to Microsoft:

After November 1, 2016, Microsoft will no longer release spam definition updates to SmartScreen filters in Outlook and Exchange. Your existing SmartScreen spam filters will remain in place; Microsoft will simply no longer provide updates for them.

Microsoft clarifies that the changes to SmartScreen in Outlook and Exchange will unlikely impact many users and most “should not experience any change in their email experience or see an increase in spam.” SmartScreen’s spam filters in Outlook and Exchange are being replaced by Exchange Online Protection (EOP), a cloud-based email filtering service utilized by Office 365 subscribers.

EOP is already built into all Office 365 and Outlook.com email accounts. EOP is also available for on-premises Exchange Server enterprise customers, andis available for just $1.00 per user per month.

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