Obviously lawyers don't pay much attention to the e-mails they receive, or someone would just draft a law or regulation stating that the equivalent of your declaration is deemed to be implied, and save the bandwidth. I'm not picking on you specifically, especially since you can't help it, but those idiots have mandated 6 lines of boilerplate for every four-line message -- 150% overhead in this case!!
"McKown, John" wrote: > > Probably legally required, like the one at the end of my emails. I have no > choice. The wording is mandated by HIPAA regulations in the U.S.A. I have no > idea what, if any, legal force they actually have on any recipient. > > -- > John McKown > Senior Systems Programmer > UICI Insurance Center > Applications & Solutions Team > +1.817.255.3225 > > This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information > intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is > protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete > this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or > distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is > strictly prohibited. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alan Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 3:06 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: SCO - more water torture > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > Another of them being that nine lines of crap on the end of > > your message > > have much value 8) > > > > 1. I've not signed a contract with you > > 2. Its at the bottom so its after not before the declaration > > > > Thats like putting the shrink wrap license in a file you can > > only access > > after using the software for a week > > > > <End Pet Hate Rant> > >
