Top Posting and company disclaimer
Leonard Isham
leonard.isham at gmail.com
Wed Mar 30 03:03:48 UTC 2005
[snip]
> You are correct about the disclaimer: I have tried numerous times to
> have my email admin remove the disclaimer under certain circumstances,
> such as posting to lists, but without success. It seems that the
> combination of our Spam filter and Exchange server do not allow the
> selective application of the signature, its all or nothing, an nothing
> is not acceptable in our litigious society and our in-house counsel. If
> the recipient is outside of our domain, the sig is appended regardless.
> So that limits my choice to either NOT using the list as a resource at
> work (which I need), or using my home account for the list, which I
> would rather not do as it is not a flexible or available. Being mostly
> a lurker, you don't hear from me very often.
>
> As for the signature not making sense; It makes perfect sense from the
> perspective of a lawyer specializing in intellectual property,
> electronic communication, and patents. As for regular human beings? You
> decide.
For everyone using work e-mail accounts consider the following:
If you are posting about a company issue anyone can gather information
about your company and possibly use it against your company.
Posting from an non-work account makes it more difficult to track who
you work for and decreases the potential that any information that is
inadverrtantly disclosed is not used against your company.
--
Leonard Isham, CISSP
Ostendo non ostento.
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