OT: Email Legal Disclaimers

[James Knott]

Kareem Shehata wrote:
> So I have to ask, do these legal disclaimers on email actually have any
> value?  I've seen so many companies *insist* that they be on every single
> email, but I've never heard of them actually being used anywhere for
> anything.  So far as I can tell it's just more brainwashing from lawyers.
>
>   

My understanding is that since you've got no way to read that 
disclaimer, before reading the message, they're nonsense, just as the 
"shrink wrap" licenses, that claim you're bound by them as soon as you 
open the shrink wrap, even though you cannot read the license before 
opening the package.


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