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Thread ID: 92697	2008-08-19 04:38:00	Email disclaimers	stormdragon (6013)	Press F1

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698532	2008-08-19 04:38:00	I've been asked by a family member, how easy it would be to go about putting a disclaimer at the bottom of ever outgoing email by any network user. All emails are going through MS Exchange Server 2003. Any ideas how to achieve this? Thanks	stormdragon (6013)
698533	2008-08-19 04:40:00	Too easy, from tools>options>mail format tab, the bottom area is for creating signatures.....unless using scripting from the login script, you will need to vreate each signature from the outlook client.	SolMiester (139)
698534	2008-08-19 05:11:00	Ah yes, these type of things: The legal usefulness of disclaimers is somewhat questionable . Indeed, they are generally worth less than the paper they are all too frequently printed on . The fact that you choose at the time a document is created to write on that document that it has no legal significance does not make it so . * You trust your virus scanner . I don't care . Many disclaimers contain assertions to the effect that "This email is certified free of all known viruses by [insert name of anti-virus software]" . By the time a user reads this email it has already been through my two virus scanners and been stripped of all sorts of files that I don't like . Regrettably, there remains a remote possibility that it contains a virus . Any assertion that an email is virus free is therefore also a waste of bytes . You don't trust your virus scanner . I still don't care . Yes, not infrequently I receive email that has a footer worded to the effect that "while we have done our best to ensure this email is virus free, we cannot guarantee that it is" . Well at least it is honest but really! Why bother telling me? * You assert ownership of all intellectual property contained in the email . Imagine this scenario . User downloads or otherwise obtains some happy snaps displaying bare naked ladies cavorting with farm animals . User knows someone who might be interested in seeing them . User forwards them to that someone and your email system appends a footnote to the effect that your company owns the intellectual property contained in the email . Now, did your company just steal some decidedly dodgy material? Does your company really want to own it? What about possible damage to brand/reputation? * You do not own the opinions expressed in this email . I'm confused . Which is it? You own the IPR, but if anyone asserts an opinion, it is their problem, not yours . * If you are not the intended recipient, do not read this message but please notify the postmaster and delete all copies . Where to start with this madness? a) If it's that important, address it correctly . b) I already read it, does that mean you have to shoot me? c) As you may already know, deleting a file in Windows doesn't actually delete the data . In fact, it doesn't really even delete the file - in Windows Explorer if you delete a file it just gets moved to the recycle bin . So how far should I go? Format my PC and overwrite the drive with zeros? Or should I just microwave the hard drive to be a 100% sure?	pctek (84)
698535	2008-08-19 05:40:00	Too easy, from tools>options>mail format tab, the bottom area is for creating signatures.....unless using scripting from the login script, you will need to vreate each signature from the outlook client. Know all about signitures, just thought there might be another way that didn't require setting up multiple times over for ever user.	stormdragon (6013)
698536	2008-08-19 05:41:00	PCTek I know they are completely useless in my opinion aswell but thats what they want so....	stormdragon (6013)
698537	2008-08-19 05:50:00	So how far should I go? Format my PC and overwrite the drive with zeros? Or should I just microwave the hard drive to be a 100% sure? Bulk Erasers rule :clap a small buzzing sound for 10 seconds and bye bye data :eek:	MAC_H8ER (5897)
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