Which is why I do not put a "delete if not for you" message. Makes about as much sense as telling a jury to ignore testimony. Mine is simply to release others from liability should I say something that I should not say. I was taught a long time ago not to put anything in an email that I did not mind seeing on the evening news (that would be a real slow night).
Dennis Roach GHG Corporation Lockheed Martin Mission Services Flight Design and Operations Contract NASA/JSC Address: 2100 Space Park Drive LM-15-4BH Houston, Texas 77058 Mail: P.O. Box 58487 Mail Code H4C Houston, Texas 77258 Phone: Voice: (281)336-5027 Cell: (713)591-1059 Fax: (281)336-5410 E-Mail: [email protected] All opinions expressed by me are mine and may not agree with my employer or any person, company, or thing, living or dead, on or near this or any other planet, moon, asteroid, or other spatial object, natural or manufactured, since the beginning of time. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Lionel B Dyck > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 10:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: E-Mail legalise (was Re: Test) > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
