Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html