OT: Funny disclaimers (Was: Re: ssh root@localhost)

[peter at bgnett.no (Peter N. M. Hansteen)]

Erik Norgaard <norgaard_(_at_)_locolomo_(_dot_)_org> writes:

> What makes me wonder is that these messages are always at the end, when 
> you have read the secret message. If anything it will only make me alert 
> that this could be secret, and if I am evil, ofcourse I would not delete 
> the mail.

<eureka>
It just struck me - the message layout was invented by a top poster.
</eureka>

Deep down, they know that they need to start at the bottom in order to
make sense of the babble on top. Next up, we'll see them hyping this as
a patentable business method. 

After all, I've seen credible evidence that MSexchange (IIRC) litters
messages with X-ThreadIndex and X-ThreadSubject headers, apparently
attempting to reinvent References: and other usenet features.

-- 
Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team
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