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Email "Purpose" tags

At work today, I started using a new tag at the beginning of all my email. The four I'm currently using are:

- [Purpose: I consider this message to be for your information.]
- [Purpose: I consider this message a request for information]
- [Purpose: I consider this message urgent.]
- [Purpose: I consider that this message requires an action on your part.]

...in the hope that it would help people to process what I'm saying (and encourage them to use same). Anyone else using similar things? What other kinds of tag would you add?

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