OT: Email Legal Disclaimers

[Christopher Browne]

On 10/5/07, Kareem Shehata <kareem-d+8TeBu5bOew5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org> 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.

>From what I hear, when peoples' organizations are so idiotic as to
force posting such disclaimers on fora that are known to be published
publicly, this actually undermines the claim that the legal disclaimer
seems to make.

That is, if you post disclaimers in cases that are *obviously
invalid*, this undermines the claim that the disclaimer can retain
*ANY* validity, *ANYWHERE.*
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