[Mimedefang] Question on confidentiality statements

[David F. Skoll]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Seigafuse, Mike wrote:

> I setup MD to append a confidentiality statement to emails and that
> works fine.  But, some of my users are griping about it being added
> every time (when replying back and forth).  Any suggestions on how to
> detect if the statement has already been added and not add it again?

You'd have to parse the message for your boilerplate.  However, I'd
strongly suggest just not adding them in the first place.

> This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged

[...]

> Any review, reliance or distribution by others or
> forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited.

[...]

You are aware that this list is archived in several publicly-searchable
places? ;-)  I expect the very fact that disclaimers get added
indiscriminately makes them not worth the electrons they're written on.

Regards,

David.