Top posting

[Bob Jonkman]

Hugh writes:
> It surprises me that lawyers and accountants only protect mail by a
> silly warning at the bottom of the message.

But they're lawyers. They understand the purpose of a disclaimer, and
they have their technical means to make that an effective tool for them.

Lawyers have as much affinity for encryption as we have for HTML e-mail.

--Bob.


On 13-05-28 12:03 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Stewart C. Russell <scruss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> 
> | On 13-05-27 04:27 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> | > 
> | > People that send HTML only generally haven't said anything I would care
> | > to read anyhow.
> | 
> | Our counsel - both internal, and a raft of Bay and Wellington street
> | externals - use it exclusively. I doubt a judge would would take a very
> | lenient view of "I don't read HTML emails".
> 
> Are these encrypted?
> 
> It surprises me that lawyers and accountants only protect mail by a
> silly warning at the bottom of the message.
> 
> When you send a message, you send sideband messages too.  HTML tells
> me that you aren't serious -- you are either ignorant or are marketing.
> 
> HTML has a bunch of risks that lawyers should want to avoid.  You should 
> consider educating your lawyers.
> 
> 
> Now, back to the original subject.  I hate top posting AND unselective 
> bottom posting.  Interleaved selective commenting, with the comment 
> following the corresponding quotation is the only approach that is 
> respectful of the reader, something most important on a mailing list.  In 
> a legal context, perhaps top-posting, leaving the original undisturbed, 
> has some merit.
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