Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/27

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Subject: [OT] Was: [Leica] FS: M2 (#926014) Exc - $750
From: Emilio Perea <eperea@walkereng.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 11:29:29 -0500

At 11:10 AM 5/24/2002 -0400, Gil Gabo wrote:
>+-----------------------------+
>  Confidentiality Note:  This electronic message contains information from
>  the law firm of Clark Hill PLC which may be confidential, legally
>  privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure.  This information is
>  intended for the use of the addressee only.  If you are not the intended
>  recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying,
>  distribution, printing or any other use of, or any action in reliance on,
>  the contents of this electronic message is strictly prohibited.  If you
>  have received this communication in error, please notify us by
>  telephone at (313) 965-8300 and destroy the original message.
>  +-----------------------------+

I believe that most people (and certainly 99%+ of mail server 
administrators) find such notices incredibly stupid and annoying even when 
not posted to a public mailing list.  Could the law firm of Clark Hill PLC 
please explain what purpose these serve?  Has an employer ever been judged 
not liable for an employee's incompetence, stupidity, malice or breach of 
trust because of such a disclaimer?

I can understand the logic of saying something like that when actually 
sending a confidential message (though I question the wisdom of sending 
confidential information through unencrypted smtp in the first place).  But 
putting that in every outgoing message seems to serve no useful purpose 
other than to advertise that the sender works for idiots.

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Replies: Reply from Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> (Re: [OT] Was: [Leica] FS: M2 (#926014) Exc - $750)