Security for Microsoft Exchange 8.x Known Issues

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Security for Microsoft Exchange (SME) 8.x

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KB94547 - Supported platforms for Security for Microsoft Exchange 8.8.x

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Product release information

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Released to Support (RTS)

SME Version	Release Date	Release Notes
8.8.2 (GA)	March 28, 2023	Release Notes
8.8.1 (GA)	December 13, 2022	Release Notes
8.8 Hotfix 8800435 (RTS) ¹	August 24, 2021	-
8.8 (GA)	June 8, 2021	Release Notes
8.8 (RTS) ¹	May 25, 2021	-

8.7 Hotfix 8700347 (RTS) ¹	May 13, 2021	-
8.7.0 (GA)	May 13, 2020	Release Notes

8.6.3 (GA)	January 14, 2020	Release Notes
8.6.2 (GA)	September 10, 2019	Release Notes
8.6.1 (GA)	November 13, 2018	Release Notes
8.6.0 Hotfix 1236399 (RTS) ¹	-	-
8.6.0 Hotfix 1218399	May 8, 2018	Release Notes
8.6.0 (GA)	August 17, 2017	Release Notes

8.5.1 Hotfix 1179256	June 8, 2017	April 30, 2021
8.5.1 Hotfix 1165136	December 9, 2016
8.5.1 Hotfix 1144496	September 15, 2016
8.5.1 Hotfix 1111610	April 19, 2016
8.5.1 (GA)	November 5, 2015
8.5.0 (GA)	September 18, 2014

8.0.2 (GA)	February 4, 2016	-

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SME 8.8.x Known Issues

Critical:
There are currently no critical known issues.

Non-critical:

Reference Number	Related Article	Found In	Fixed In	Issue Description
MSME-24516	-	8.8	8.8.1	Issue: The on-demand scan (ODS) doesn't work appropriately from ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO).
MSME-24528	-	8.8	8.8.1	Issue: The recently scanned items doesn't display the correct entries on the dashboard.
MSME-24554	-	8.8	8.8.1	Issue: Only the selected scan task options aren't enabled when toggling between the tasks.
MSME-24648	-	8.8	8.8.1	Issue: The statistical events are now parsed appropriately. The statistical events aren't parsed correctly.
MSME-24653	-	8.8	8.8.1	Issue: The attachment item option of ODS task displays incorrect count from ePO.
MSME-23516	-	8.7	8.8.1	Issue: The email attachment name changes and the BCC field is added in the forwarded email.
MSME-24685	-	8.7	8.8.1	Issue: An issue is observed for the secondary policy rules based on the sender and receiver being part of Active Directory groups.
MSME-24681	-	8.8	8.8.1	Issue: The SME events aren't parsed correctly when corrupt content is uploaded.
TSML-435	-	8.8	8.8 Hotfix 8800435	Issue: Gateway scan entry option appears on the SME dashboard.
TSML-383	-	8.8	8.8 Hotfix 8800435	Issue: SME changes the file attachment names or adds the BCC field in forwarded emails.
TSML-442	-	8.8	8.8 Hotfix 8800435	Issue: Changes in On-Demand user interface for Items received and Continuity scan depicts the actual function.

SME 8.7.x Known Issues

Critical:
There are currently no critical known issues.

Non-critical:

Reference Number	Related Article	Found In	Fixed In	Issue Description
MSME-23465	-	8.7.0	8.8	Issue: You're unable to schedule the scanning for the year 2021 or later from the ePO console while editing the SME pull-down menu. Scanning only up to 2020 is shown.
MSME-23479	-	8.7.0	8.8	Issue: You're unable to install SME on Microsoft Exchange 2019. The installer incorrectly identifies the server as Microsoft Exchange 2013.
MSME-23346		8.6.0	8.8	Issue: Zipped files are incorrectly identified as corrupt in email attachments. The files originate from the OpenText platform.
MSME-23310		8.7.0	8.8	Issue: A failed scan of specific PDF files is seen after you select Embedded scan in the File filter rule.
TSML-347 and TSML-355	-	8.7.0	8.7 Hotfix 8700347	Issue: An issue is observed in scheduling scanning for the year 2021 and later.
TSML-361	-	8.7.0	8.7 Hotfix 8700347	Issue: You're unable to set the date range for logs and detected items to 2021 and later.
TSML-360	-	8.7.0	8.7 Hotfix 8700347	Issue: The SME console ODS page doesn't have the option of the year 2021 available. The HF release resolves this issue.
TSML-322	-	8.7.0	8.7 Hotfix 8700347	Issue: An issue is observed in purging the old DAT.
MSME-23261	-	8.7.0	--	Issue: Missing product log information entry for URL DB download activity, if the Mail URL Scanner isn't enabled.
MSME-23097	-	8.7.0	-	Issue: The On-Access Settings page shows only Exchange 2013, even though these settings are applicable for Exchange 2016 and 2019.
MSME-23094	-	8.7.0	-	Issue: VSAPI-related sections need to be removed from MSME 8.7. Exchange 2013, 2016, and 2019 no longer support VSAPI scanning.
MSME-22979	-	8.7.0	-	Issue: Event logs show Postgres error events, even after a successful upgrade from Exchange 9.3.x to 10.x.

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