e-mail signatures
December 22nd, 2008 |I get e-mails all the time with a bunch of crap at the bottom that implies that the contents are some kind of national security secret and I better be damn sure that I am the intended receiver. Like this:
Information transmitted by this email is proprietary to _________ and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is private, privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited. In such cases, please delete this mail from your records.
Whatever…
Does anyone even read that junk? Do these warnings actually carry any weight of actual law or are they just some cop out if you accidentally send all the company trade secrets of Pepsi over to Coke?
I put this at the bottom of my e-mail messages about 2 months ago and no one ever said anything about it:
I am very important and this message probably contains information which may be confidential, privileged or highly embarrassing. Unless you are the addressee (or authorized to receive for the addressee, or authorized by an authorized receiver authorized by addressee), you may not use, copy or disclose or acknowledge to anyone the message or any information contained in the message or that this message, or the message sender, ever even existed. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, print out and eat the message. Once you have consumed the message please delete yourself.
No one cares about your stupid e-mail message, get over yourself.
3 Responses to “e-mail signatures”
“Sent from my BlackBerry(R) smartphone with SprintSpeed”
These sent-by signatures tacked on by wireless mail services are even more annoying. This is the modern equivalent of the “COLOR TV” and “AIR CONDITIONING” neon motel sign. We are long past the days when sending email from your phone is a special trick.
i can name that confidentiality and privacy notice in one note!
“Sent from my BlackBerry(R) smartphone with SprintSpeed”
I’ve always assumed that disclaimer was on there to persuade people to overlook the 37 typos in the message you typed on a 3.5″ keyboard.