[Air-L] why on earth is "this message is confidential"?

[Christopher Lueg]

People often don't have a choice since disclaimers are added
automagically after emails were sent off.


On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 6:03 PM, Dan Suthers <suthers at hawaii.edu> wrote:
> Ha!  In my department we were advised to attach the following to all our
> emails. I refused. It should be used only manually when it really applies.
>
> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any
> attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain
> confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from
> disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their
> agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please
> immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and
> any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby
> notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or
> its attachments is strictly prohibited.
>
>
> On 3/30/17 11:26 AM, Barry Wellman wrote:
>>
>> On a public listserve? Have you told the Republicans?
>> "
>> Diana L. Ascher, MBA
>> Doctoral Candidate
>> Department of Information Studies
>> University of California, Los Angeles
>> 290 Charles E. Young Drive North
>> Los Angeles, CA 90095
>> dianaascher at ucla.edu <mailto:dianaascher at ucla.edu>
>> @dianaascher <http://twitter.com/dianaascher>
>> "
>> This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or otherwise
>> protected by work product immunity or other legal rules.
>>
>>   Barry Wellman
>>
>>    A vision is just a vision if it's only in your head
>>    Step by step, link by link, putting it together
>>                  Streisand/Sondheim
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> Dan Suthers
>
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