On Sep 30, 2004, at 12:53 PM, Russ Brown wrote:
> Chris Little wrote:
>> Ben Kennedy wrote:
>>> On 29 9 2004 at 3:55 pm -0400, Chris Little wrote:
>>>
>>>> This communication, including any attachments, is confidential
>>>> information of SBS Technologies and intended solely for the use of
>>>> the
>>>> individual or entity to which it is addressed. Any unauthorized
>>>> review,
>>>> use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you believe this
>>>> message was sent to you in error, please immediately notify the
>>>> sender by
>>>> reply e-mail and delete this message without disclosing it. Thank
>>>> you.
>>>
>>> Um, dude, you're sending to a public e-mail list whose contents are
>>> archived for the perusal of anyone on the internet.
>
> I read somewhere (might have been The Register) that things like this
> actually have no legal weight whatsoever unless they appear at the top
> of the email. I think the argument was that you could legitimately
> forward the email on to someone else before actually reaching the
> bottom the mail.
Quite frankly I doubt they have any legal weight regardless of where
they are. I don't think you can unilaterally enter someone else into
a contract that they did not agree to. You put the message on the
public internet, unencrypted, and therefore you posted it for EVERYONE
to see. Simple as that. Those things are simply a stupid waste of
bandwidth.
Scott
P.S. I am not a lawyer and this isn't legal advice... it's merely me
pointing out how stupid some lawyers are ;).
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Received on Thu Sep 30 19:08:03 2004