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No blame attached
‘Why do firms put notes in their email signatures saying: “This mail has been checked for viruses by…”?’ asks Peter Grossi at 2K Business Services, pointing out that you have no idea whether the virus checker in question is up-to-date.
‘Isn’t it rather like putting a sign: “We don’t think you need to beware of the dog” on the inside of your gate?’
He suggests a more honest wording at the end of the email: ‘By the time you read this, any virus attached to the email may have had its wicked way with your network. But don’t blame us.’
Perhaps the message should say "This email message is guaranteed to be virus free unless this text was forged by a virus."
That, along with the standard disclaimer "This email is confidential, but we don't care enough to encrypt it. Although this mail was addressed to you (or else you wouldn't have received it), if the sender did not intend to address it to you, you should not have read it. If unsure whether then sender intended to send it to you, call them, and if they didn't, don't read it." should cover it.
Posted by :Randy Orrison | July 11, 2007 12:11 PM
Perhaps the message should say "This email message is guaranteed to be virus free unless this text was forged by a virus."
That, along with the standard disclaimer "This email is confidential, but we don't care enough to encrypt it. Although this mail was addressed to you (or else you wouldn't have received it), if the sender did not intend to address it to you, you shouldn't have read it, under penalty of some unspecified law possibly in a different country." should cover it.
Posted by :Randy Orrison | July 11, 2007 12:12 PM