On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Tim Hollebeek <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> > to (easy with e.g. Postfix header_checks):
> >
> >       Require-TLS: NO
> >       Subject: [insecure-delivery]: actual subject
> >
> > or (not easy with header_checks, but hides the subject tag):
> >
> >       Require-TLS: NO
> >       Subject: actual subject
>
> Of course, someone could add the [insecure-delivery] to the
> subject using an MTA that doesn't add Require-TLS, potentially
> fooling someone, but I don't offhand see any serious security
> consequences of being able to falsely claim your message
> was delivered insecurely, when it wasn't.
>

If the message is DKIM signed at the origin, then tampering with the Subject
header field will be verboten under most signing practices which include the
Subject header.

--Kurt
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