Don't take offense, Dale. Doug gave a simple and quite valid answer to your issue. This a technical issue, but rather a behavioral one. As a wise sage of this list it wont [1] to say: "There are seldom good technical solutions to behavioral problems" [2]. If the policy is posted in an employee manual already, and employees are wantonly flouting said policy, then a very public flogging or dismissal of some employee will be far more effective than stamping a disclaimer at the bottom of all e-mails (that they probably won't read any more than they read the employee handbook).
Mike Morrison NT/SMS/Exchange Administrator Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. [1] Apparently, it's my word of the day! [3] [2] (c) Ed Crowley. All rights reserved. [3] Hi Darcy! [4] [4] Hi Sherry! -----Original Message----- From: Dale Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:26 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Disclaimer I seriously doubt that we DO have to remind ALL our Users everyday and with every email that the may be violating the email policy of the company. However, there are SOME people that actually do need to be reminded every day and with EVERY email they send that they may be in violation of the email policy of the company. Otherwise, I would not have asked the question. Just because you post a message on a piece of paper and in a book, which 3/4 of the employees probably never have read, page-to-page, or post a message on some lame bulletin stuck up in the kitchen, doesn't mean the policy will be enforced. And just because this disclaimer may be posted in an email doesn't even mean that the policy will be followed. However, company email belongs to the company, not the enduser, and if a company is having problems with a large number of Users violating the policy in place, then why not add a disclaimer to the email. Some companies have to do it with external email. Otherwise imsext.dll would not have been written, nor would the various articles that Microsoft publish in their Knowledge Base be there. My question was a valid one. Requiring a simple answer.[1] Thanks to everyone for their input. Geoff [1] your answer at the end of your email. -----Original Message----- From: Doug Hampshire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:10 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Disclaimer Do you remind people each and every day that it is a violation of company policy to use corporate office supplies for personal use? I serious doubt that you do. So why would you remind them every stinking time that they send an eMail of your corporate policy on eMail use? Post the policy where you post all your other corporate policies (Web page, employee handbook, etc) and have them acknowledge that they received a copy. Just like for every other policy in the company. Why is it the senior management across this country (nay, across the world) feels that they have to remind eMail users on a daily basis about corporate policy? They don't prefix every telephone call with a recording reminding them of the appropriate use of the phone? The next time a manager comes to you [1] asking for internal disclaimers, ask them if they are also implementing the phone recording message? It might just make them realize how silly their request is. [1] "you being the entire Exchange List not just Mr. Edwards [2] [2] Oh, the technical answer is you have to use third party software. -----Original Message----- From: Dale Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 8:02 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Disclaimer Okay. I have search Microsoft's Knowledge Base. I have search the FAQ and read FAQ 4.1. However, they talks about adding a disclaimer to external emails. How would we add a disclaimer to our internal messages being sent inside the Company? We basically want to add to every message a statement saying that email is property of the Company and any violation or misuse of the Company's email system will result in flogging and being sent to their room without the use of the facilities for 24 hours! No, but seriously, can this be done just with the Exchange program? Or do we have to use a third-party software to be able to do this internally. TIA Geoff _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
