| From: | Wroldsen, Steve - Highways |
| Date: | 11 Aug 2000 at 14:04:56 |
| Subject: | Re: 'Roids From Halton Borough Council |
> Wroldsen, Steve - Highways said,
>
> >> > What, my disclaimer increases download times. Well I never.
> >>
> >> Especially if you post a lot of messages.
> >>
> > Behave, my disclaimer is shorter than a lot of individual messages sent
> to
> > this group.
>
> That's totally irrelevant. The messages have content, your "disclaimer"
> is in addition to any content.
>
Fair enough.
> > What are we talkin', an extra few seconds per day. Take a dump
> > or make a cup of tea while you are waiting.
>
> The time costs though. It's not such a big deal when you're the only one
> doing it, but the idea is catching on among companies. As more adopt it,
> the overall load on the networks is increased. This is especially true
> with mailing lists. Your "disclaimer" travelled some six thousand miles
> to get to me, even though I'm only three miles from you.
>
Again, as I've stated before, it's not my fault, but HBC's. When I get
online with the miggy I'll be using an address from home and that will be
the end of the disclaimer. Don't know when this will happen though.
> It's a complete waste of time anyway, an indication of how little people
> that do these things actually think. If they really wanted a
> comprehensive disclaimer, it could be achieved with one line...
>
Yes, very true.
> This mail is subject to our terms at
> http://www.halton-borough.gov.uk/disclaimer.html
>
> I wonder about the legal standing of your disclaimers anyway. They are
> received after the mail. It's not as though one could read it and decide
> not to risk downloading the mail. It's the output of a typical local
> government jobsworth.
>
Aye, good point. Never really though of that.
Steve
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