Re: the usual email disclaimer nonsense, was LTANS WG Last Call

[John Levine <johnl at iecc.com>]

>That said - Harald - either document that there is precedent in US Law to
>set aside the disclaimer statement in the Tobias' email or back off the
>commentary ...

Seems to me it's first incumbent on you to show that disclaimers in
e-mail have any effect whatsoever.  Can you show any US case or
statute law?

My understanding is that when attorneys are sending each other faxes,
they put on this sort of notice because as a matter of professional
ethics, they're supposed to return faxes sent to each other in error,
which happens a fair amount due to hitting the wrong speed dialing
button.  

But despite asking this question all over the place for many years, I
have never found any reason to believe that they mean anything when
sent in e-mail, nor that even in a fax that they affect anyone other
than another attorney.  I sure don't pay any attention to them.

R's,
John

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