This certainly is the standard, but it seems quaintly out of date these days. The standard was developed at a time when putting a letter in an envelope constit

This certainly is the standard, but it seems quaintly out of date these days. The standard was developed at a time when putting a letter in an envelope constituted a reasonable expectation of privacy. Now the primary mode of communication is essentially assumed to be bugged. Suggesting that the solution is to have every individual maintain their own private e-mail server, while certainly pragmatic, ignores the realities of modern communications.