On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:03:48 -0500, Leonard Isham <leonard.isham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [snip] > > You are correct about the disclaimer: I have tried numerous times to > > have my email admin remove the disclaimer under certain circumstances, > > such as posting to lists, but without success. It seems that the > > combination of our Spam filter and Exchange server do not allow the > > selective application of the signature, its all or nothing, an nothing > > is not acceptable in our litigious society and our in-house counsel. If > > the recipient is outside of our domain, the sig is appended regardless. > > So that limits my choice to either NOT using the list as a resource at > > work (which I need), or using my home account for the list, which I > > would rather not do as it is not a flexible or available. Being mostly > > a lurker, you don't hear from me very often. > > > > As for the signature not making sense; It makes perfect sense from the > > perspective of a lawyer specializing in intellectual property, > > electronic communication, and patents. As for regular human beings? You > > decide. > > For everyone using work e-mail accounts consider the following: > > If you are posting about a company issue anyone can gather information > about your company and possibly use it against your company. > > Posting from an non-work account makes it more difficult to track who > you work for and decreases the potential that any information that is > inadverrtantly disclosed is not used against your company. > > -- > Leonard Isham, CISSP > Ostendo non ostento. > The fedora-list subscription page should contain a great big notice that the list contents are not shielded from public viewing. Regardless of disclaimer(s) restricting access, dissemination, etc. when one posts to this list one posts to a public forum.
