[geeks] Email Disclaimers

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 @ 20:32 -0400, Joshua Boyd said:

> On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:41:32PM -0400, Dan Sikorski wrote:
> > Is it just me, or are the excessive legal disclaimers that people like 
> > to append to emails just absolutely absurd?
> 
> Yes.  They are terribly annoying.  I was rather disappointed when $SO's
> employer set them to be on all emails, as I can't really go blocking
> email from her.

I think it should be illegal to add content to that which someone has
created, and which isn't necessary for processing.

What is worse, and I meant to mention a moment ago, is that some of
these stupid things put words in your mouth, and that makes them doubly
wrong.

Likewise the advertisements forced into forum and Usenet postings.

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