Description of the Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter update: April 12, 2011

Applies to: Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

INTRODUCTION

This update provides the Junk Email Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with more current definitions. This update was released on April 12, 2011. These definitions evaluate whether an unread email message should be treated as a junk email message.

Resolution

Update details

This update replaces the following previously released update:
2508979 Description of the Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter update: March 8, 2011

Installation details

How to obtain and install the update

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download Download the update package now.


For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services
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Known issue

Windows Update returns error code 646 or error code 0x80070646.

This issue occurs if Office updates are not installed successfully from Microsoft Update. Or, this issue occurs if these updates are not installed successfully when you try to manually install them by using the /quiet and /passive flags. This issue occurs because of a corrupted system environment variable or because of failed permission escalation.

For more information about how to resolve this issue, visit the following Microsoft website:
Error code "0x80070646," "646," or "1606" when you try to install Office updates

How to determine whether the update is installed

This update contains files that have the versions that are listed in the following table.
File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTimePlatform
Outlfltr.dat12.0.9902.5053,610,43217-Mar-201106:41Not Applicable

To determine the version of the files that are installed on the computer, follow these steps, as appropriate for the operating system that you are running.

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Windows 7
  1. Click Start, and then click Computer.
  2. In the Search Computer box, typeOutlfltr.dat, and then press ENTER.
  3. Right-click Outlfltr.dat, and then click Properties.
  4. On the General tab, note the properties of the Outlfltr.dat file that is installed on the computer.


Windows Vista
  1. Click StartStart Button , and then click Search.
  2. Click Advanced Search.
  3. In the Location box, click Local Hard Drives.
  4. In the Name box, type
    Outlfltr.dat, and then click
    Search.
  5. In the list of files, right-click
    Outlfltr.dat, and then click
    Properties.
  6. On the General tab, note the properties of the Outlfltr.dat file that is installed on the computer.
Windows XP
  1. Start Search Companion. To do this, click
    Start, and then click Search.

    Note If Windows Desktop Search starts, click Click here to use Search Companion.
  2. In the Search Results window, click All files and folders in the Search Companion pane.
  3. In the All or part of the file name box, type Outlfltr.dat, and then click
    Search.
  4. In the list of files, right-click
    Outlfltr.dat, and then click
    Properties.
  5. On the General tab and on the
    Version tab, note the properties of the Outlfltr.dat file that is installed on the computer.

How to uninstall this update

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  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. Type appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
  3. Use one of the following procedures, depending on the operating system that you are running:
    • Windows 7 and Windows Vista
      1. Click View installed updates.
      2. In the list of updates, click update 2522999, and then click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP
      1. Click to select the Show updates check box.
      2. In the list of updates, click update 2522999, and then click Remove.


Information for administrators about .msp files

This update consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer (.msp) file. The .msp file is packaged in a self-extracting executable file. The following .msp file is distributed in this update:
Outlfltr.msp

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Information for administrators about how to reinstall specific components

If you update your administrative installation point, and then you recache and reinstall Office Outlook 2007 on client computers, you can run a command-line command that includes the REINSTALL=[ list of features ] property. This property specifies whether you want to reinstall specific components of Office Outlook 2007 from the administrative image.

For this update, the value for the REINSTALL=[ list of features ] property is as follows:
OUTLOOKFiles

Or, you can substitute the REINSTALL=ALL parameter to reinstall all Microsoft Office components on the client computer.

For information about how to distribute product updates for the 2007 Microsoft Office system, visit the following Microsoft website:
Distribute product updates for the 2007 Office system
For more information about the policy for how email is filtered by the junk email filters in Outlook or in Exchange Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
954199 Description of the policy for how email is filtered by the junk email filters in Outlook or in Exchange Server


The Office System TechCenter contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Office. For more information about the Office System TechCenter, visit the following Microsoft website:
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