Autor: Bruce Richardson Data: A: Exim Users Assumpte: Re: [Exim] Adding disclaimers to messages
On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 10:09:34AM +0100, David Allen wrote: > Hi folks
> Apologies for cross posting and to anyone who gets this twice as a
> result :)
>
> It seems that the powers that be have decided that it would be 'a good
> idea' to add a disclaimer to every email sent from the university. I
> don't want to start a discussion, from a legal / social / aestetic point
> of view, on the effectiveness or desirability of doing such a thing.
> What I would like to hear is: -
> 1/ What are the technical consequences / pitfalls of attempting such a
> thing?
The mta is not the best place to try adding a header. Back when all
mail was simple text it wouldn't have been a problem but now that much
if not most mail is MIME you have to parse each e-mail and (if it's
MIME) break it down into constituent parts before adding the disclaimer.
And how do you add the disclaimer, in that case? Do you add it as an
extra text attachment or try adding it to an existing text attachment?
What happens if the mail is digitally signed or encrypted?
Nightmare. Adding disclaimers at the client is much safer, though of
course that can be difficult to enforce.
