Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)

[Jay Chandler]

Murray Taylor wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Greg Albrecht [mailto:gregoryba at gmail.com] 
>> Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 11:42 AM
>> To: Murray Taylor
>> Cc: freebsd-questions
>> Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
>>
>> On 18/01/07, Murray Taylor <MTaylor at bytecraft.com.au> wrote:
>>     
>>>> "Top posting" is only one issue.  Others of great importance are
>>>> trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny 
>>>>         
>> fragments, and
>>     
>>>> not writing one-line paragraphs.  Your .sig is a good example of
>>>> things that people should remove from replies.
>>>>
>>>> Greg
>>>>         
>>> Exactly! And not only my .sig which I do have control over whether
>>> I add it or not, and also the #@$%^%# stupid corporate 
>>>       
>> disclaimer also
>>     
>>> (over which I have no control).... sigh
>>>
>>> mjt (no .sig)
>>>       
>> since i seem to be in the mood to muddy the waters today:
>>
>> have you considered using a mail address outside of your corporation?
>> one which doesn't automatically add that disclaimer. i've never been
>> fond of using my work email address for anything outside of work, but
>> that's me. maybe this is an obvious answer but it is one way to please
>> the etiquette overlords.
>>
>> -g
>>
>> -- 
>> Greg Albrecht (gregoryba at gmail.com)
>>     
>
> I started using the lists from work years ago when I was
> establishing the FreeBSD servers and it was easier to get
> Q&A stuff done... Since then the weenies have come along 
> and changed out a perfectly servicable Postfix / Cyrus
> mail system with M$ Exchg(barf), and the beanies wanted the 
> disclaimers ......
>
> sigh
>
>   

Have any of these disclaimers ever proven to be even the slightest bit 
legally enforceable?

I mean, for God's sake, they're at the bottom of the message, 
essentially telling you not to read the message you just read.  

-- 
Jay Chandler
Network Administrator, Chapman University
714.628.7249 / chandler at chapman.edu
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