From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-09-22T02:31:35+09:00
Subject: [OT] Company email disclaimers (was: [OT] Rejected Ruby book ideas by O'Reilly)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Venable [mailto:geneven@rocketmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:19 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: [OT] Rejected Ruby book ideas by O'Reilly
> 
> 
> "This communication is the property of Qwest and may
> contain confidential or
> privileged information. Unauthorized use of this
> communication is strictly 
> prohibited and may be unlawful.  If you have received this 
> communication 
> in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply
> e-mail and destroy 
> all copies of the communication and any attachments."
> 
> Am I permitted to read this message?

No.  You must now be liquidated.  Fool! :-P

> What gives me an 
> obligation to notify anyone about anything by email if 
> anything whatsoever happens? How can demands be made about 
> what use of this communication is authorized when this 
> message has been posted publicly on the Internet?

IANAL, but I highly doubt that the demands apply outside of Qwest, and
it's very likely for defensive purposes only.  I wish they wouldn't
attach this disclaimer to email sent outside of our domain, but it's out
of my control.  BTW, I'm not the only one suffering from this on the
list.

I'm curious to hear comments from others on the subject.

Regards,

Dan