OLEXP: Outlook Express 5.5 Rollup (328389)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows Millennium Edition
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q328389
For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released a patch that corrects the following problems in Outlook Express 5.5:
  • An unchecked buffer in Outlook Express S/MIME parsing may compromise system security.

    For additional information about this issue, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    328676 MS02-058: OLEXP: An Unchecked Buffer in Outlook Express S/MIME Parsing May Permit System Compromise

  • Outlook Express quits unexpectedly when you receive a message that contains a special MIME header.

    For additional information about this issue, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    321530 Outlook Express Quits Unexpectedly When You Receive a Message That Has a Special MIME Header

  • When you send signed e-mail with a valid signing-only certificate, you receive the following warning message.

    You do not have a digital ID. If you send this message, it will be sent properly, but you will not be able to read it in your sent items folder. Send anyway?

  • When Outlook Express receives a digitally signed message from a Lotus Notes client using dual certificates (one for signing-only, one for encryption), you cannot encrypt the reply back to the sender. Also, you cannot add the sender to your Contacts list with the sender's Digital ID (certificate). No certificate is added to the contact.

  • When you view newsgroup messages in Outlook Express, you cannot select the item and then press DELETE to remove the item.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain this patch, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

328676 MS02-058: OLEXP: An Unchecked Buffer in Outlook Express S/MIME Parsing May Permit System Compromise

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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/15/2004
Keywords:kbinfo KB328389
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