Re: OT - language - Re: please unsubscribe me

Thanks, Zoltan (sorry I don't know how to make the accent over the a), 
for the nuances of those disgusting disclaimers I see and try to ignore 
on too many of my colleagues' e-mails -- Amy Lowenstein, Yardley PA

On 10/26/11 6:59 AM, Zoltán Kócsi wrote:
> First, a bit off topic:
>
>> THIS EMAIL CONTAINS PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION INTENDED ONLY
>> FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR COMPANY NAMED ON THIS E-MAIL.. IF YOU ARE
>> NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT OF THIS E-MAIL OR THE EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBLE FOR
>> IT'S DELIVERY OR YOU HAVE OBTAINED THIS IN ERROR, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
>     ^^^
>
> I know that the company lawyers coming up with these brain-dead, meaningless
> and unenforcable threats are not the brightest bulbs in the legal chandelier,
> but to advertise their lack of understanding the difference between it's and
> its, that is, primary school level English, on every single outgoing email of
> their employer is still a classic, even for them.
>
>> [....]
>> LOCAL LAW (Public Law 104-191). IN READING THIS E-MAIL, YOU HEREIN AGREE
>> AND ACCECT TO ANY AND ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS.
>            ^
>
> Yup. And, since this was at the bottom of the email, it basicly said that
> "You opened the box containing the conditions of opening the box, so you've
> accepted them already and if you don't like them, we sue you to oblivion. We
> are American lawyers which means that we have jurisdiction in your country,
> even if we've never even heard of it."
>
> Anyway, that was off-topic.
>
> What I can't understand is that this issue with the lack of unsubscribe
> information in some posts and its presence in others is not really a new
> problem. It has been a recurring flaming topic for at least five years.
> I don't know what list server runs this list, but I'd think half a decade
> ought to be enough to tell the server to kindly insert the unsubs info into
> every outgoing post of any format.
>
> So I guess it is really a care factor issue.
>
> Zoltan
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