Recent content by PeterH

Long before the "group by conversation" feature appeared in Outlook, I have been using folders with items created by "Post to This Folder". In my case, I create posts to remember programming problems I have solved. I use the conversation column to group my posts. This type of item allows me...

Interesting, thx. Since my version and updates are all current, the vulnerability in the first link would be patched. On the second link there are so many; hard to know where to look. I searched for Outlook, but none came up that way. This morning I had a new idea. I could use my .Net web...

Thx, that's what I would have thought too, which is why I was reaching out to an expert. Yes, only that one e-mail deleted. Message was not in junk-mail -- came from trusted contact who had been compromised. Yes, I'm 100% sure I didn't delete it and I didn't even know about Shift-Delete, so...

Thanks but that is why I wrote the post. Upon clicking on the link and getting a fake login box, I immediately closed the browser. I then closed the e-mail and after that found it deleted. So, how could that have happened? How could clicking on the link have run a script that affected desktop...

I am an experienced software developer cognizant of phishing schemes. I didn't think I could fall for one, but I lost my focus for a minute and clicked on a hyperlink in email from a (very clever) hacker. That took me to a website with MS login credentials at which point I immediately closed...

Thx. No it started in May. I verified I do not have that update installed. I do not automatically install Office updates so that's not what triggered it. It does not coincide with anything in my environment. I haven't installed anything new. Just started one day and hasn't stopped.

Outlook/2007+Office 365 About a month ago I started getting a message: "Microsoft Outlook is requesting data from the server" in my tray. This completely freezes up Outlook. Typically, when I first start Outlook, it's fine for an hour or so then I get this message. I have to click the icon...