Stupid disclaimers

[Derek Broughton]

Sasha Tsykin wrote:

>>
> what's your point? It's there authomatically, and who cares if it's there?

Point 1: It's annoying
Point 2: One reason such things tend to be "there automatically" is because
the companies doing it _know_ it's annoying and don't actually want their
employees using their accounts for Usenet & listservs. 

Obviously quite a few of us care if it's there.  Besides the fact that such
a disclaimer is unlikely to be considered valid in any jurisdiction (beyond
the fact that the content of an email is owned by the sender, just like
regular mail) if everybody did it it would add considerably to the costs
for those who have to pay to download their email.
-- 
derek