[Qt-interest] [OT] Request to stick to the netiquette

[Arnold Krille]

Hi,

On Tuesday 05 May 2009 14:14:49 Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
> 2009/5/5 Andre Haupt <andre at bitwigglers.org>:
> > - silly disclaimers that are not compatible with a public mailing list
> This one's a bit strange. One could very easily classify anyone on the
> list and anyone that could ever possibly read the list as *the
> intended audience* so therefore there's no problem.

Note that the archive of the list is public. So its not only all subscribers 
but _everybody_ in the world that can read it. Which really renders these 
disclaimers useless.

Moreover emails are like postcards: Anyone on the way can read them (and even 
modify them). The _only_ security options to circumvent that are: a) use a 
dedicated transport, that is send your emails via trusted direct telephone 
lines (defeats the advantage of sending over internet for just the net-costs) 
or b) use GPG/PGP/whatever to sign (and encrypt if applicable) your mails to 
protect them against modification.
Sending an unsigned mail means you don't really care for your identity (do 
firms support that? should they support that?). Sending personal (and probably 
confidental) mail unencrypted over the net is like shouting your bank details 
and the PIN on a crowded place in your city. And attaching the disclaimer is 
shouting "but don't use that information to rob my account!". Its useless...

Please, if your employer "enforces" you to use such a disclaimer, teach him 
how email works. If you need proof of the missing proof of identity, I can 
send your boss an email using president at whitehouse.gov as sender...

> Would everyone here still consider them to be bad etiquette even after
> reading my response?

I consider them useless, misleading and wrong as you can read above.
And its annoying if people don't separate this disclaimer with the official 
signature-separator (which is "-- " in one line).

Arnold
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