Subject: No Verbose Footer, Terms Rejected.
From: Verbose_Footer@
Sender: Verbose_Footer@

		I append http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_verbose_footer.asc

Reference your Verbose Corporate Footer (Disclaimer)

 Verbose disclaimers can be used by sophisticated users & companies,
 as Spam filter criteria (along with HTML, fonts, sizes, & colours,
 Ref. http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_html_format.asc).  Why invite
 sophisticated potential customers to dump you as likely spam ?
 
 Silly company footers translate to Internet Crackers (1) as:
      "We Are New To The Internet, Scared, Clueless,
       Naive, & vainly hope this legal hot air might protect us.
       Our Internet servers are likely worse configured, insecure,
       & more vulnerable security targets than others."
 Lawyers may encourage silly footers, 
   - To "provide [an illusion of] safety", but they don't combat Internet
      server intrusions & fakery attempts etc, (& Not many firms
      burden the footer of every headed paper letter they
      send with silly verbose disclaimers, so why burden email ?).
 Is It Safer To:
   - Install no lock on a room full of valuables, & hang up a "Keep Out".
     Or fit a lock ?
   - Buy a lucky charm against Spam ?  Or buy a mail filter ?
   - Pay lawyers for phrases ?  Or secure your Internet servers & mail
     by using firewalls, mail encryption & verification tools, using
     computer professionals & learning how to configure your software ?
   - Advertise incompetence in an email footer ? or avoid it & hope
     recipients assume you'r competent, assured & secure ?
 Law:
   - Whose Law ?  The Net is global. There are hundreds of varied legal
     jurisdictions.  You may be abused or attacked from anywhere.
   - Unless you take competent technical precautions, you may never
     know where from (individual or which jurisdiction).
   - Even if you can track an abuser, they likely know most people can't
     afford time or money to prosecute, win or lose, & pay more fees to
     wait & pay again to enforce collection of damages possibly assigned.
   - Courts may consider a silly footer not a safety precaution, but 
     indication of technical incompetence & culpable negligence,
     (especially if the mail is sent unencrypted, like an open postcard).
   - Better buy/ learn/ use technological security measures, so you have
     less desire to advertise your fear & vulnerability etc.
  -  Legal restrictions will be mostly invalid unless a prior non 
     disclosure agreement or contract exists between mail sender & recipient.
     ( & EG In UK, contract law differs even between England & Scotland ! )
 Viruses:
   - Claiming to have scanned outgoing mail for viruses is stupid:
     Anyone wanting to spread a virus could also claim the same.
     Mail senders are easily faked.  Viruses can be added en-route. 
   - What virus & processor class did you scan for ? Microsoft, Mac, Linux ?
     Not all recipients may use the same, (though MS is very virus prone).
   - Consider using Free BSD software with 17,232 packages @ 21 May 2007 
     that are Cost Free & Virus Free !  http://www.berklix.com/free/
 Encryption / Authentication:
   - Simple email is like a postcard, not even sealed in an envelope, 
     open to computer proficient staff & random others on intermediate
     hosts & nets to view while doing maintenance/ debug/ analysis etc work.
   - Anyone serious about sending secure information doesn't toss it round 
     in plain email, but encrypts it, e.g. with PGP or similar, else 
     it's culpable negligence of a sender to Not secure info he labels
     as confidential.
   - `Authentication Protocols' should be used for the credibility
     of anyone who claims in their footer, that they really care
     about secure information transfer, & want to insure against email
     identity theft/ fakery..

(1) Many are ignorant of the difference between `Hacker' & `Cracker' :-
    Cracker:  Bad !  	Someone who attacks & invades other computers.
    Hacker:   OK !	Someone who, often working quickly & as an unpaid
			volunteer, hacks up & fixes & extends often free
			sourced programs for public benefit.
			Think "Hack Journalist" & "Hack Horse" etc.
			Not malevolent, just cheap & affordable (free) ?!
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