Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/12/07/08:52:07
McArdle, Christian wrote:
>>> If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that
>>> any use, copying or dissemination of this message is
>>> strictly prohibited. If you received this message in If it does have
>>> any weight, it prohibits us from replying to your communication.
> Not really, as you are the intended recipient! This means that the
> prohibitions don't apply to you.
You really didn't intend on me receiving this! Trust me. I'm now gonna
abuse the hell out of it. Prepare to sue me! ;-)
The prohibition is quite simply unenforceable and carries no legal
weight at all.
>> But it seems more likely that your company policy prohibits you from
>> using your e-mail system to post on a public list, as you have done.
> No, it just puts an annoying long signature on the end. In fact, I had
> no idea that it did so until you complained, especially as my brain
> automatically filters out signatures, so I didn't even notice when I
> read it myself.
How does your brain auto filter it when it is not properly delineated as
a signature? You do know that a proper signature is set off by two
dashes and a space right?
--
Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train
stops. On my desk, I have a work station... Go figure!
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