Forum Discussion
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is ruining Outlook.com
I'm reading that alot of people are upset about this change and well, yes it is a little harder to easily read the URL, but this is a really good thing people. Microsoft is really attempting to protect its customers, for free, in the same way that other major (Gartner Magic Quadrant) vendors/providers are for a very high cost.
If you'd like a quick and simple URL decoder, I've posted one here that I distributed to my work and posted to the Intranet for staff/employees to use.
Decode Safelinks: Link
Request: One thing I would like if some MS MVP or ATP guru could tell me, what does each of the tokens (Data and Pipes '|' like "02|01|myemail@address.com|cfad9384a1804ef230af08d593f8b95b|0662477dfa0c4556a8f5c3bc62aa0d9c|0|0|636577618830257637") in the parameter string mean. Is this information useful to IT that would enable us to discern more about the URL provided?
You are offering a decoder for links we shouldn't need to decode?
Here's my problem: The URL with "safelinks" in it doesn't tell me anything about the link. Is it a link to an adult site called cuddly kittens or a site featuring pictures of cats? I'll have no clue until I click because the URL has been replaced.
Other vendors that scan emails insert a message informing the reader it was scanned. If a malware is found the email is deleted and the message is replaced with one that states that. No obfuscation of links. Either you get it intact or you don't.
