Since certain MUAs such as MS Outlook allow the user to label messages as
"confidential" which according to http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1327.html gets
translated into MIME header "Sensitivity=Company-Confidential", quite some
secure mail gateways ensure higher transmission secrecy (e.g.
"smtp_enforce_tls") for such messages.

To not loose such labeling, some MUAs also set this MIME-Header upon
replies/forwards.

Unfortunately, if such a message causes a bounce (e.g. inexistent
recipient), postfix sends such a bounce without the sensitivity header.
This can cause contents to be disclosed since not treated properly by
above-mentioned gateways (in particular, if the main.cf doesn't say
bounce_size_limit=1 [the value 0 is not permitted??]).

Is there any reason for postfix not to keep the sensitivity mime header even
on DSNs?

   Ralf

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