From: Rich Kulawiec (no email)
Date: Wed Jan 03 2007 - 08:03:44 EST
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
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