OT: email disclaimers (was Re: [wplug] Seeking 3 Sysadmins (Linux, Networking & Windows))

[Michael A. Smith]

Well, if they prevent lawsuits from happening, then that's fine, but as
http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/ says, (paraphrased) you
can't require someone not to read a document *in* that document *at the
end*.

Jonathan Billings wrote:

>On 4/29/05, Kevin Squire <gentgeen at linuxmail.org> wrote:
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>>My school makes us do the same thing, and it drives me nuts.  I have
>>asked a hundred times, to as many people, what good is it.  They all
>>reply with basically the same thing; "We don't know, but it shows we are
>>trying".  Here is what I found at http://www.emaildisclaimers.com that
>>answers the question "WHY?"
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>It bugs me that these disclamers are huge, and completely unfunny,
>like some of the large .sigs I've seen.
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If you read this document, it's not my fault.