Re: Telus mail server admin

[Paul Graydon <paul () paulgraydon co uk>]

On 10/7/2011 5:30 AM, Joel jaeggli wrote:
> On 10/7/11 08:26 , Paul Graydon wrote:
> > On 10/6/2011 8:02 PM, John Levine wrote:
> > > > DISCLAIMER:...
> > > Wow.  I was thinking about answering the question, but now I don't dare.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > John Levine, johnl () iecc com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for
> > > Dummies",
> > > Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly
> > >
> > > PS: I spent ten years as an elected official with no disclaimer in my
> > > e-mail, and lived!
> > That's nice for you, but some of us are stuck with a corporate policy
> > that requires us to use such disclaimers, or face disciplinary actions.
> > The legality and practicality might be questionable but short of
> > quitting and finding other employment over something utterly trivial,
> > what can you do if protests fall on deaf ears?
> Subscribe from your personal account.
Which I do.  But note the original complaint was not about using 
ridiculously long disclaimers on a mailing list, it was about the 
ridiculously long disclaimer, full stop.

Paul