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

[Srdjan Todorovic]

2009/5/5 Stephen Jackson <spjackson42 at gmail.com>:

> Since many disclaimers
> amount to "do not read this or act upon it", the ultimate author of
> the disclaimer gets precisely what they ask for - not what the victim
> wants.

I think you are wrong here. If that was the case, then *no-one* would
be able to communicate between companies/clients/entities/communities,
because as you say, the disclaimer would instruct *everyone* to not
read the email.

Where did you get the "do not read this or act upon it" from? These
usually come from the "if you are not the intended recipient" part of
the disclaimer. Since we can see the intended recipient from To: and
CC:, that clause does not apply.

As for the list being public - anyone that accesses the public
archives, would in my oppinion, become an automatic recipient, even if
temporarily. Eg. I have a problem with class QFooBarZot. I search the
archives and see a post that fixes the problem but has a deisclaimer.
I'm automatically temporarily part of the Qt community at that moment,
and the disclaimer is automatically valid (at least for a short time).
That's just how I view it. Others will likely dissagree ;)

Thanks
Srdjan