14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has decided that the service of providing security notifications to professionals via email should not be interrupted and announced that it would resume on Thursday, July 3.
Last week, Microsoft informed IT professionals who signed up to receive notices of security updates that starting July 1 they would no longer be delivered the messages containing advanced notifications related to security.
The information in these emails gives system administrators a heads-up about the upcoming changes generated by the Windows update cycle, and it also delivers various security advisories.
The decision to stop the service was caused by a new Canadian spam law that goes into effect on July 1. However, said law did have exceptions that exempted Microsoft’s service.
Subscribers to the security emails were advised to use the security feeds of the company in order to stay informed.
However, Microsoft had a change of heart and issued a statement that brings things back to normal and re-instates the service.
“On June 27, 2014, Microsoft notified customers that we were suspending Microsoft Security Notifications due to changing governmental policies concerning the issuance of automated electronic messaging. We have reviewed our processes and will resume these security notifications with our monthly Advanced Notification Service (ANS) on July 3, 2014,” it reads.