On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 05:44:28PM +1300, Mark Foster wrote:
So why the big deal?
Because it's very rude -- like top-posting, or full-quoting, or sending email marked up with HTML. Because it's an unprovoked threat. Because it's an attempt to unilaterally shove an unenforceable contract down the throats of everyone reading it. Because it's a tip-off that the sender does not value the time or resources of recipients. Because it's insulting. Because (borrowing from first link below) it's simply too stupid for words. Please see: Mailing and Posting Etiquette: Don't Send Bogus Legalistic Boilerplate http://www.river.com/users/share/etiquette/#legalistic Stupid Email Disclaimers http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/ Stupid E-mail Disclaimers and the Stupid Users that Use Them http://attrition.org/security/rants/z/disclaimers.html for longer (and much better) explanations. For a much long explanation of these and related points, see: Miss Mailers Answers Your Questions on Mailing Lists http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/miss-mailers/ ---Rsk