tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post116899224320723859..comments2024-03-29T13:59:42.629+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Weekend odds and endsVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1169542341088980532007-01-23T08:52:00.000+00:002007-01-23T08:52:00.000+00:00The variations on the same subject are endless and...The variations on the same subject are endless and basically worthless... <BR/>I've seen hundreds of them and still believe this is the funniest (have been using it myself a long time!)<BR/><BR/>IMPORTANT: This e-mail is intended for the use of the individual <BR/>addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is <BR/>confidential, privileged, or unsuitable for overly sensitive <BR/>persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humor, or irrational <BR/>religious beliefs. <BR/>If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, <BR/>distribution, or copying of this e-mail is not authorized <BR/>(either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating <BR/>social faux pas. Unless the word absquatulation has been used <BR/>in its correct context somewhere other than in this warning, <BR/>it does not have any legal or grammatical use and may be ignored. <BR/>No animals were harmed in the transmission of this e-mail, <BR/>although the kelpie next door is living on borrowed time, let <BR/>me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of the <BR/>unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden <BR/>message revealed by reading this warning backwards, so just <BR/>ignore that Alert Notice from Microsoft. However, by pouring <BR/>a complete circle of salt around yourself and your computer you <BR/>can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have <BR/>received this e-mail in error, please add some nutmeg and egg <BR/>whites and place it in a warm oven for 40 minutes. Whisk briefly <BR/>and let it stand for two hours before icing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1169463610400489832007-01-22T11:00:00.000+00:002007-01-22T11:00:00.000+00:00The worst one I've come across is a law firm that ...The worst one I've come across is a law firm that not only has the usual "It's YOUR fault we misaddressed this email, you THIEF" nonsense at the bottom of each message, but puts a notice at the top saying: "IMPORTANT. Your use of this email is subject to the Terms of Use below. Please read them before proceeding."<BR/><BR/>"Or <I>what?</I>", is my response.<BR/><BR/>The whole thing smacks of paranoid, technophobic over-lawyering. We don't put such notices on dead-tree correspondence (which is equally susceptible to being misaddressed), and I'm sure that's not because there's any real difference, but just because lawyers are <I>used</I> to conventional letters, whereas we spent the 1990s, in particular, still feeling our way with email and not wanting to take any chances. The email confidentiality notice is just a hangover from that earlier era.<BR/><BR/>The whole thing is right up there with those "terms and conditions" for (non-registration) websites that say things like, "If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use this website". One assumes these businesses' physical premises have notices outside that have a long list of terms of use and then say, "If you do not agree to these terms, you must not look in this shop window".<BR/><BR/>I'm open to correction, however, if someone can point me to a decided case in which an email was misaddressed to a third party who then disclosed the email's contents, and where the presence of the email disclaimer was then a deciding factor in finding that third party liable. (Or, conversely, a case in which the <I>absence</I> of such a notice got the recipient off the hook.)<BR/><BR/>Personally, following <A HREF="http://etbe.blogspot.com/2006/12/email-disclaimers.html" REL="nofollow">this software developer's lead</A>, I'm inclined to adopt a personal email signature that says, "By replying to this email or otherwise sending email to this address, you irrevocably waive any and all rights arising from any legal notice or disclaimer contained in your email"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1169335575518300572007-01-20T23:26:00.000+00:002007-01-20T23:26:00.000+00:00Actually, being in a good position to compare thes...Actually, being in a good position to compare these notices - after all, most of the e-mails I read come from lawyers or law firms - I like to read them for one single reason: evaluating the style and politeness of the implicit threat. I find it kind of laughable that someone might importunate a third person with a misadressed e-mail and at the same time dare to threat him or her with the consequences. Forunately, the firm work to simply <STRONG>asks</STRONG> the receiver to delete the content and to warn us by a reply e-mail. I find that a very wise choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com