About a billion people on this planet speak Chinese ... going to included that as well ? I like the fact you are going to add Dutch to the disclaimer, but around 99% of the Dutch population speaks and understands English very well.
** Please prefix your subject header with BETA for posts dealing with Exchange 2003 ** -------------------------- Martin Tuip MVP Exchange Exchange 2000 List owner www.exchange-mail.org www.sharepointserver.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Midgley, Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 4:10 PM Subject: RE: Brick level backups - legal disclaimers > Yup, Greek and Double-Dutch are in the list of languages that need to be > covered. Web links are unacceptable since there is no way of checking > whether the recipient clicked the link, or they might not be online when > they read the message. > > We thought of using Latin since most of the legal team know that. Esperanto > is a bit too leading edge. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shotton Jolyon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 June 2003 13:54 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Brick level backups - legal disclaimers > > > *Has* anyone tested email disclaimers in the courts in the UK, EU or US? > > I'm not aware of any cases. > > I do find it ironic that lawyers, who knowingly write in a way that most > people do not find clear, should be concerned that the disclaimer should be > written so as to be understood by any recipient. It's all Greek to me. Or > double-Dutch. > > Perhaps your disclaimer could consist of "Legal disclaimer - you must read > this" in every relevant language, each linked to a web page which contains > the text in that language. > > Or write it in Esperanto. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Midgley, Ian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 June 2003 14:07 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Brick level backups > > > That's not funny !! I'm currently involved in discussions with our legal > team regarding the validity of English language disclaimers on messages > written in various different European languages (we route all our Internet > mail through a single SMTP gateway in the UK). The legal team are pushing to > add disclaimers in each language. > > Just because no-one ever reads disclaimers doesn't mean that they are not > legally applicable - when was the last time you read the MS license > agreement when installing software? And just because I select the other > radio button and click OK doesn't mean that I have read the labels attached > to those actions either. > > I would be interested in Williams disclaimer list if he would be happy to > publish. > > Also, does anyone know of a disclaimer adder that is language aware? > Otherwise I'm going to have to do some funny tricks with SMTP connectors and > routing inside the company. > > > The information contained in this e-mail is intended for the recipient or > entity to whom it is addressed. It may contain confidential information that > is exempt from disclosure by law and if you are not the intended recipient, > you must not copy, distribute or take any act in reliance on it. 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