On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:28:14 +0000, Ted MacNEIL wrote: >I'm talking about an e-mail out of the blue from somebody who sent it to me unsolicited and now wants me to protect the content. >If you don't want it disseminated, don't send it to me. >
By virtue of the fact that disclaimer is in the E-Mail, a lawyer might construe that as a reason to haul you in to court to explain why you disseminated that information. At this point, you're dealing with lawyers and courts. They haul you in for a hearing, the lawyer says he needs more time to collect data on you, the despicable character that you are. Continuance. You miss a day of work. Spend a vacation day in a courtroom. Your next court date comes up. You show up. The lawyer says he's having difficulty getting the proof that you're as despicable as he claims. Need another continuance. Another missed day of work. Another wasted vacation day. This goes on for months. Your boss finally gets tired of it and fires you. Your wife thinks you're an idiot for letting a stupid E-Mail destroy your career and divorces you. In the end, it doesn't cost the lawyer anything but time that he was going to be in court anyway. What does it cost you ??? And the best question, "Is it really worth it ???" Just the threat of something like this happening is enough to scare some people. Even though you're right, you lose in the end. I'd rather spend my time doing other things. Like figuring out how to track and report JAVA activity on a z9.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
