RE: Confidentiality notices on email messages

"Murray S. Kucherawy" <msk@cloudmark.com> Sat, 16 July 2011 00:09 UTC

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of John C Klensin
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:39 AM
> To: Randall Gellens; Marc Petit-Huguenin
> Cc: IETF discussion list
> Subject: Re: Confidentiality notices on email messages
> 
> If one starts down that path, there is a real possibility for a
> semantically-rich environment.  For example, consider a noise
> type for flaming, repetitive, responses to a topic on the IETF
> list.  One could also very efficiently reflect what I assume was
> the intent of a recent observation on the list with
> noise-type="hitler" :-(

The trick though, alas, is to get people using such disclaimers to begin using such a media type.

Maybe we need an attractive acronym for NOISE as a decoy.