This is what I was told about such disclaimers. You were sent the e-mail, and by mistake or not, it had your name in the recipients address. You read the entire e-mail, and then AFTER you have read the contents, the disclaimer puts all of these rules in. With almost any contract, both sides would have to agree to be binding. They can not unilaterally enforce conditions that you never agreed to. I think the intent is to scare people in to deleting by putting enough fear in that they just "feel better" getting rid of it.
On 9/25/2006 at 4:14 PM,
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I realize that most of us aren't lawyers, but we do have lots of widely knowledgeable people on the list, so... Is anybody aware of any jurisdiction where the above nonsense, or the similar nonsense that will be glued to the bottom of my post, against my better judgement, carries any real weight or obligation?
I'm convinced (until shown the error of my ways... which I don't expect any time soon) that it's just a lame excuse to torture and embarrass a few unwary electrons.
And by the way, BBC, I don't consent. So there.
:->
Kevin
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