Just what 'government policy' is the cause of this? And why such short notice?
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Title: Microsoft Security Notifications
Issued: June 27, 2014
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Notice to IT professionals:
As of July 1, 2014, due to changing governmental policies concerning
the issuance of automated electronic messaging, Microsoft is
suspending the use of email notifications that announce the
following:
* Security bulletin advance notifications
* Security bulletin summaries
* New security advisories and bulletins
* Major and minor revisions to security advisories and bulletins
In lieu of email notifications, you can subscribe to one or more of
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For more information, or to sign up for an RSS feed, visit the
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