on Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 08:27:35AM -0500, Stephen Touset (stephen@touset.org) wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 03:31, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > Stephen Touset <stephen@touset.org> writes:
> >
> > > I've seen bullshit legal boilerplate on emails from a lot of small
> > > companies (including those from the CEO of a company I work for), and I
> > > can't help but giggle at how silly the whole premise is.
> >
> > Ever explain it to them why it's so silly?
>
> Yes, actually. Unfortunately, the only response I've ever gotten is
> something akin to, "Every other executive (of small companies that never
> seem to go anywhere) does it. It's an industry standard."
>
> The argument that it's literally 100% bullshit and not binding in any
> way (just because you say it's illegal to read the email doesn't
> actually mean it is) seems to be completely lost on them. I haven't yet
> tried the approach of telling them what kind of impression it gives
> others, though.
I've recently added a header specifically rejecting email disclaimers.
<sigh>
Peace.
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