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{{g}}A window into the soul of your correspondent (or, where harnessed to the [[great steampunk machine]] of a multinational corporation, that entity’s blackened soul). | {{g}}A window into the soul of your correspondent (or, where harnessed to the [[great steampunk machine]] of a multinational corporation, that entity’s blackened soul). It can be long, or short; sombre or witty; comprehensive or general, but it will be there: the [[email disclaimer]]: an extract of text, appended to every outbound communication, canvassing any [[one or more]] of the following subjects: | ||
*Its [[confidentiality]] | *Its [[confidentiality]] | ||
*Its [[copyright]] | *Its [[copyright]] | ||
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*Its epidemiological virulence; | *Its epidemiological virulence; | ||
*The receiver’s moral duty to destroy it if sent in error. | *The receiver’s moral duty to destroy it if sent in error. | ||
It will also wax lengthily about what it is ''not'': a subject, of course, on which any [[lawyer]] can joyfully extemporise for as long as there are cattle still out on manoeuvres: | |||
**Professional advice; | **Professional advice; | ||
**An offer or solicitation of an offer — and IN ANY CASE NOT TO RESIDENTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE; | **An offer or solicitation of an offer — and IN ANY CASE NOT TO RESIDENTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE; | ||
**A recommendation to do anything or not do anything (Stop and think about this juicy [[double negative]] for a while: “We are ''not'' telling you ''not'' to do anything”.) | **A recommendation to do anything or not do anything (Stop and think about this juicy [[double negative]] for a while: “We are ''not'' telling you ''not'' to do anything”.) | ||
All of this served up in the certain knowledge no person having enough adult literacy to comprehend an email disclaimer would — or even could — be dim-witted enough to ever read it, much less care about what it says. | All of this served up in the certain knowledge no person having enough adult literacy to comprehend an email disclaimer would — or even could — be dim-witted or bored enough to ever read it, much less care about what it says. | ||
Which begs the question: what do we think we are achieving with an email disclaimer? Which part of the sky would fall upon our heads were it not there? | Which begs the question: what do we think we are achieving with an [[email disclaimer]]? Which part of [[Chicken-licken|the sky would fall upon our heads]] were it not there? | ||
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A window into the soul of your correspondent (or, where harnessed to the great steampunk machine of a multinational corporation, that entity’s blackened soul). It can be long, or short; sombre or witty; comprehensive or general, but it will be there: the email disclaimer: an extract of text, appended to every outbound communication, canvassing any one or more of the following subjects:
- Its confidentiality
- Its copyright
- Its privilege (despite its protestations, misdirected emails will rarely be legally privileged)
- Its potential inaccuracy
- Its epidemiological virulence;
- The receiver’s moral duty to destroy it if sent in error.
It will also wax lengthily about what it is not: a subject, of course, on which any lawyer can joyfully extemporise for as long as there are cattle still out on manoeuvres:
- Professional advice;
- An offer or solicitation of an offer — and IN ANY CASE NOT TO RESIDENTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE;
- A recommendation to do anything or not do anything (Stop and think about this juicy double negative for a while: “We are not telling you not to do anything”.)
All of this served up in the certain knowledge no person having enough adult literacy to comprehend an email disclaimer would — or even could — be dim-witted or bored enough to ever read it, much less care about what it says.
Which begs the question: what do we think we are achieving with an email disclaimer? Which part of the sky would fall upon our heads were it not there?