[ILUG] RE: list trivia: disclaimers

[paul at clubi.ie]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Rory Browne wrote:

> Or alternatively you could just ignore suggestions like this. I see 
> nothing wrong with that disclaimer - It doesn't put any 
> restrictions on the "intended recipient", who, for a mail sent to 
> this mailing list, would have to mean anyone subscribed to the 
> mailing list, or who decides to check the archives.

At face value that disclaimer (and most like it) is incompatible with 
ILUG archiving that email.

We could just ignore it, but really we ought to ask a lawyer what the 
implicitations are for ILUG. For ILUG subscribers to impose things 
like that on the society and its members is a bit rude, if nothing 
else.

Seems so trivial, but ILUG does sometimes get crap about stuff in 
archives..

> My employor blocks all such webmail providers to anyone outside of 
> IT, to anyone who is not specificly authorised by the CEO/CFO.  

Well, then you wait and post from home (least, if I'm to read it ;) 
), or you don't and you get filtered by some people. That's life.

Course, people interested in Linux likely are working in IT, who've 
conveniently exempted themselves from this policy (and stuff like 
that is why IT depts sometimes don't get the respect they think they 
deserve from the rest of the company).

> Sure - ignoring people who filter out mails based on the presence of a
> disclaimer, is a freedom that I have every intention of excercising.  

Away you go.

regards,
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