Lelegard Thierry wrote: > Being the one whose message provoked this flame, I confirm that item > 2 is the right one: One company mail server appends this useless > disclaimer to *all* outgoing messages. My commiserations. > You should see it again in > this message, although I do not see it while typing this message. I didn't see it: hopefully someone has caught a clue. > I am not the systeme administrator and I cannot do anything about > that. > > Let me note that my message was a reply to a question in this list, > providing information to someone who requested it. In short, if I get > flamed about some stupid disclaimer that I did not want anyway when > I try to help someone, maybe the solution is to stop trying to help. > So please, stay focus on the message, not on the envelope. Um. I don't think *you* were flamed. You yourself just called the disclaimer "useless", and the posters were basically agreeing with that summary. There is a certain amount of resentment at the disclaimers, but understanding, too, that some mail systems will add such things, and there's often not a lot mere users can do about it. (Or mere systems administrators, either: if your company gets Legal Advice that the text goes there, it's difficult to argue...) So I don't think anything was aimed at you personally. And it would be a pity if you felt you didn't want to contribute. (Of course, if you *can* post without the disclaimer, that would be very nice!) James. -- James Wilkinson | "Luck is my middle name," said Rincewind, Exeter Devon UK | indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad." E-mail address: james | -- Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times @westexe.demon.co.uk |
