[Mimedefang] Re: Disclaimers
David F. Skoll
dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Thu Apr 5 08:50:48 EDT 2007
Graham Murray wrote:
> The thing I do not like about them is that they put a blanket claim
> that the content of the mail is confidential etc, even when it is
> blatantly obvious that it is not.
In fact, I believe misuse of disclaimers seriously weakens them. How
can a disclaimer be taken seriously when its obvious to everyone
(including the sender) that the disclaimer is meaningless?
Disclaimers should be reserved ONLY for e-mails that really are
sensitive. And nobody should be e-mailing sensitive information
without encrypting and signing it first. I would take a disclaimer
attached to a signed, encrypted e-mail far more seriously than blanket
legalese applied to mailing list postings.
Regards,
David.
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