Re: what the heck do i do now?

[Chris Owen <owenc () hubris net>]

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On Jan 31, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Mark Foster wrote:

> > list... I talked to my lawyer. And while I am not a lawyer, I can  
> > tell you that my lawyer pointed out several interesting legal  
> > theories under which I could have some serious liability, and so I  
> > don't do that any more. (As an example, consider what happens *to  
> > you* if a hospital stops getting emailed results back from their  
> > outside laboratory service because their "email firewall" is  
> > checking your server, and someone dies as a result of the delay)
> >
> > So while I think you'd be justified in doing it, I think you'd  
> > find that 1) lots of people wouldn't change their configs at all,  
> > and 2) you might find that your liability insurance doesn't cover  
> > deliberate acts.
>
> Uhm.  I don't follow?

I my experience, people who tell stories like this really just need  
to get a better lawyer.  I've had several lawyers contact us on  
things about this lame and have found that that the one sentence  
reply letter is often the most effective:

Dear Sir:

Kiss my what?

Never hear from them again.

Chris

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