[ILUG] RE: list trivia: disclaimers

[Gary Pigott]

Paul,

Get a clue. Brian may work for a small-ish indigenous software company, 
but they deal with the public sector internationally, so there are huge 
legal issues around confidential client data leaks. All email traffic in 
and out of the network is monitored & archived, and stuff that can't be 
reliably monitored has to be blocked. Gmail, MSN, Yahoo & Co. are the 
first thing that get blocked at the proxy. One guy I went to college 
with that works in the insurance industry has access to *3* websites at 
the office: the company's, BBC news and CNN. That’s it! Typically 
desktops are locked down so users can't install applications, USB keys 
don't work, and all ports except 80 & 443 get blocked on the firewall to 
kill IM & P2P. Removing the footer isn't a technical issue, it's a legal 
one. The company aren't going to spend the money to check with lawyers 
in half a dozen countries just because you don't like his sig. Besides, 
his sig is six lines long, just like yours!

Gary



paul at clubi.ie wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Brian O'Mahony wrote:
>
>> or not is none of my concern. Not everyone has access to external 
>> email providers while at work, so I guess that rules them out from 
>> participating.
>
> You really don't have access to one or all of gmail, MSN, Yahoo! mail 
> from work? If so, forgive me for thinking you're playing the "i'm 
> taking my ball home" ruse. ;)
>
> I didn't suggest you couldn't participate at all. I'm just informing 
> you of what (I think) the consensus is - you're quite free to ignore 
> that, and the fact that I have a filter on this list that tries to 
> discard mails that try to bind me to terms I never agreed to.
>
> Make of it what you will.
>
> regards,