This month, we’re happy to introduce all new versions of our desktop Outlook add-ins, version 8.0! These versions have been specifically tailored to Outlook 2021, Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 (including of course Microsoft 365). While there are both bug fixes and performance improvements we’re excited about, we’re especially excited about one new feature in […]
New Bug Found In The Underlying Engine
On Saturday, Sept 17th we released new versions of the add-ins. The new versions fixed a small problem in the engine, the framework that runs all the (desktop) add-ins. Unfortunately, we inadvertently introduced a new bug where some add-ins would no longer receive notification that new incoming emails had arrived. This resulted in symptoms like […]
Humans Make Mistakes
Recently, Alex Jones’ law team inadvertently sent cellphone data to opposing legal counsel. The cellphone data contained texts regarding the 2012 mass shooting at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, CT, which was alarming considering that Alex Jones had maintained that he had no texts on his cellphone regarding the incident. When we first […]
What’s New Page Improvements
Last month we talked about how to check for updates, but if you wanted to see what versions were out and/or the release dates that couldn’t be done. Now you can. The What’s New page has been revamped to include the “last updated on” dates and newest versions of all desktop add-ins. It’s now slipstreamed […]
Automatic Updates Are Now Turned On
A while ago, we started planning on getting automatic updates implemented so that all you would have to do is pull up the Sperry Software Configuration Window, click on the About button, then click the Check Now button: We’re happy to report that this system is now fully turned on, and you can begin using […]
How to Warn Users When They Are Going to Send Emails to Certain Addresses
This week we implemented a new condition for the rules in Safeguard Send for Office 365. Most customers like the add-in to prompt when sending any email outside the company. However, we have a new customer that wants a prompt to occur when sending to particular email addresses. At first we thought that this was […]
Tightening Security in Safeguard Send for Office 365
As Safeguard Send for Office 365 matures, it’s important to tighten up security as more and more customers begin using it. As a result, we will be implementing security features in the add-in, and if you use this add-in, some changes will impact you in the next 30 days. We have implemented the following: 1) […]
Planned Maintenance for Safeguard Send for Office 365 (Part 2)
We wanted to let you know that tonight we will be performing maintenance changes for the Safeguard Send for Office 365 add-in. Unlike last week, you will see changes (details are below). We plan on having the add-in be updated at any point during a two hour window starting at 8pm EST. There should not […]