Keeping up to date with the latest security breaches in Microsoft products is important if you want to keep your systems secure. Microsoft have made this easy by allowing you to subscribe to a free security mailing list so that you always receive the latest security information. To subscribe follow the instructions below.

Subscribing to the Microsoft Security Notification Service

To subscribe to the service, follow these steps:

1. Compose an e-mail to microsoft_security-subscribe-request@announce.microsoft.com. The subject line and the message body are not used to process the subscription request, and can be anything you like.
2. Send the e-mail.
3. You'll receive a response, asking you to verify that you really want to subscribe. Compose a reply, and put "OK" in the message body. (Without the quotes). Send the reply
4. You'll receive two e-mails, one telling you that you've been added to the subscriber list, and the other with more information on the notification the service and its purpose. You'll receive security notifications whenever we send them.