Re: questions about blocking disclaimers

[Jonathan Larmour <jifl@jifvik.org>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 11:16:07PM +0100, Jonathan Larmour wrote:
>> My only thought is that this might be sudden and dramatic for some
>> people, who may find it difficult to remove them.  Can it temporarily
>> accept the message (with a warning that they will be rejected entirely
>> soon), and after a month, we change it so we do reject them?
> 
> fche suggested this, too.  It will be a little extra work to warn people
> while also accepting the message but it is doable.  In fact, I wonder if
> that just shouldn't be the default from now on.  It would be pretty
> irritating to receive this message every time you send email.

True!

> The only problem with allowing them but complaining to the sender is
> that it would be harder to figure out when one slipped by the filter.
> The fact that something hit the disclaimer filter shows up in syslog
> output now but there is no way to know when something should have been
> caught but wasn't.

If we're prepared to reject them, it doesn't seem any worse to maybe modify 
the body - add a little something at the top? Maybe Something like:

[ From the sourceware/gcc.gnu.org mail system: this message appears to 
contain a company disclaimer or confidentiality notice, which is against 
site policy. Please ensure the sender corrects this. ]

Jifl
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