[mythtv-users] OT: Re: Spam:********, Mythtv install on ubuntu Hardy

Allen Edwards allen.p.edwards at gmail.com
Fri Sep 12 16:28:39 UTC 2008


On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Ryan Steffes <rbsteffes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 12/09/2008, David C. Uhrig <david at twintop-tahoe.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Lindsay Mathieson
>> > <lindsay.mathieson at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Saturday 13 September 2008 00:26:51 Brandon Svetcov wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Well I might have been able to help but I'm not sure if I'm the
>> > > intended
>> > recipient and had to delete the message because of the legal threats.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "if you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that
>> > > any
>> > disclosure, copying, distribution, use, or any action or reliance on
>> > this
>> > communication is strictly prohibited. Unauthorized use of the
>> > information
>> > contained in this email may subject the user to legal liability. If you
>> > have
>> > received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by
>> > return e-mail and delete the message, along with any attachments."
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > That's a pretty offensive sig to send to a volunteer support list.
>>
>> > I don't think this was done on purpose. In a lot of companies people
>> > have
>> > lines like that at the end of their signatures (mine included, though
>> > this
>> > isn't being sent from my work e-mail account). I see that Brandon's
>> > e-mail
>> > is from a GMail account, but that still doesn't mean that there isn't a
>> > similar situation with him and needing (or just wanting to have) a
>> > disclosure like that. It was probably just appended automatically, not
>> > out
>> > of spite or to cause a stir.
>>
>> Yep - standard corporate boilerplate.
>>
>
> And completely unenforceable.
>
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Actually, if the email ends up in the opponents side in a legal
dispute then the judge will allow it to be admitted if it doesn't have
that kind of language.  Something similar happened to me when my
company sued Broadcom.

Allen


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