Steve is right - having the disclaimer at the bottom of the e-mail is almost worthless for several reasons:
1. On a long e-mail you won't see it until you read down thru the e-mail causing you to scroll to the bottom 2. Just because it is there will not prevent inappropriate usage of the contents 3. It is a legal cya that some view as worthwhile A better approach would be a popup to force you to acknowledge that you are authorized and which logs such action before allowing one to read the e-mail. But then that would be a major pain in the (pick your part) to have to do on every e-mail which might make people more inclined to use the phone or to communicate in person or in some cases not send out an e-mail. Cheers Lionel B. Dyck, Consultant/Specialist ?Never attribute to malice what can be caused by miscommunication.? NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you. From: "Thompson, Steve" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 05/07/2009 07:38 AM Subject: Re: Test Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rich Smrcina Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Test Ron wrote: > Funny part is that these type of notices are always at the bottom of the email. > > Just the place I always scroll to immediately when receiving and reading an > email... > No, he was referring to the Netzero advertisement that was appearing in his sent email, in addition to the customary IBM-Main verbage. <snip> Actually, I was referring to the legalese at the bottom of a posting that boils down to, if this email isn't meant for you you have to unread it, forget that you saw it and then reply to the sender to let them know you didn't read it. To that, I took something from Get Smart (the old fogies version), to Burn Before Reading. Regards, Steve Thompson -- Opinions expressed by this poster may not reflect those of poster's employer. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
