On Fri, 25 Nov 2016 07:20:25 +0100, Josh Good stated:

>On 2016 Nov 24, 16:58, Postfix User wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 Nov 2016 22:04:41 +0100, Josh Good stated:
>>   
>> >Now, having said that, there is a gotcha: the URL for the hotfix
>> >offers a "Hotfix download available" button, which simply put does
>> >NOT work. Microsoft seems to have silently retired that hotfix from
>> >general availability. That is bad news for those of us who have to
>> >deal with customers "not easily amenable to paying for upgrades",
>> >if you know what I mean...  
>> 
>> That button worked fine for me. I was led to a site that gave me
>> information on the HotFix, etcetera and how to down load it, which I
>> did.
>> 
>> Perhaps you have some firewall or whatever blocking the site.  
>
>Yes, I could successfully "request" to Microsoft --at the hotfix' web
>page-- that they send to my email address the download link for the
>hotfix itself, but then I never received Microsoft email with the
>download link for the hotfix. I tried for several days, from different
>locations/IPs, with different browsers, etc. Never I got the email
>from Microsoft with the download link for that hotfix (but I could
>successfully get the Microsoft email with the link to download several
>other hotfixes, like the two SHA-2 hotfixes for Windows Server 2003,
>and the DES/3DES hotfix for the SMTP service of IIS 6.0 in Windows
>Server 2003, etc.).
>
>So you got the email from Microsoft with the download link for hotfix
>KB948963?

Yes, almost immediately after requesting it. You must have something
blocking it. This is the link I received:

KB Article Number(s): 948963
Language: English
Platform: x64
Location:
(http://hotfixv4.microsoft.com/Windows%20Server%202003/sp3/Fix192447/3790/free/351403_ENU_x64_zip.exe)

-- 
Jerry

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