I agree with Thor on this one. It's a waste of time putting those "legal disclaimers" on your emails. If you are afraid that an unintended recipient may see the email, then it's in your best interest not to send it.
The only way that something like this would be legally binding is if the email is encrypted and the recipient must accept that agreement before decrypting the contents. The way that it's used today is much the same as blurting out phrases in a crowded supermarket and then afterwards, telling everyone around that they can't listen to what you just told them or repeat it in any way or you'll bring legal action against them. How crazy is that?! Whoever puts these things on their emails are surely not thinking the logic through enough. Thank you, Steve Bostedor Bozteck President http://www.bozteck.com -----Original Message----- From: Thor (Hammer of God) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:36 PM To: Focus-MS Subject: Re: MS Exchange Just as a matter of curiosity, does anyone have any *real* examples of where those annoying "legal disclaimers" have provided any actual legal protection or any evidentiary value? Most of the ones I've seen are insipidly stupid, saying things like "if you have received this email in error, or are not the intended recipient, you may not view, forward, print, or do anything for that matter." Of course, you have to read the damn thing to get to the part where it says you can't read it. And who defines "intended recipient?" My server intended for me to get it, so I must be the intended recipient. Or am I to be held legally liable for determining what the intent of the original sender was? It all seems like a colossal waste of time to me. t On 7/28/06 6:51 AM, "Tupker, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoketh to all: > I've been looking into this a little as well. The cheapest way to do > it that I've found, if you are using exchange, is with an SMTP event sink. > Many spam filters that I've seen have the ability to append text to > emails as well. The only one that I can think of off hand is GFI Mail > Essentials. http://gfi.com/mes/ > > I'm not sure if these would allow you to pull info from AD though. I > hope this helps a little. > > > Mike Tupker > > -----Original Message----- > From: dave kleiman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 4:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: MS Exchange > > > Can anyone recommend a auto-signature application that adds signatures > to outgoing email and those annoying legal disclaimers? > > It needs to black the user from making changes to the sig / disclaimer. > > Additionally, it needs to pull variables from AD (e.g. Organization, > Title, > Department) > > Most important, it needs to work! I have tried a couple and they > crashed and burned, either the sig did not pull AD info properly or > the user could override it. > > > Respectfully, > > Dave Kleiman > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > --- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > --- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
