Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!nzpost1.xs4all.net!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.032 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:: [': 0.03; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:don': 0.09; 'jan': 0.11; 'ignore': 0.14; 'prohibiting': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:make': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'employer.': 0.18; '>>>': 0.20; 'denied': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.24; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints- To:1': 0.26; 'restrict': 0.27; '"please': 0.29; 'agreed.': 0.29; '-----': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'probably': 0.31; 'posting': 0.32; 'point': 0.33; 'instead': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'agree': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; 'signature': 0.37; 'thank': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'from:': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'where': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'skip:u 10': 0.61; 'information': 0.63; 'more.': 0.63; 'you.': 0.64; 'person,': 0.66; 'below.': 0.66; 'privileged.': 0.67; 'notice:': 0.69; 'disclose': 0.71; 'demands.': 0.84; 'hostile': 0.84; 'nonsense.': 0.84; 'medium.': 0.91; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:09:18 -0400 References: <85k2sieccx.fsf_-_@benfinney.id.au> <143673659.1031959.1440579734203.JavaMail.root@sequans.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-98-114-97-173.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 In-Reply-To: <143673659.1031959.1440579734203.JavaMail.root@sequans.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 40 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1440601777 news.xs4all.nl 23838 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:35129 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:95657 On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ben Finney" >>> The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and >>> may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, >>> please >>> notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to >>> any >>> other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the >>> information >>> in any medium. Thank you. >> >> Misleading, intimidating, hostile nonsense. Agreed. >> If you want to participate here, please do so from a mail system >> which does not make these legalistic demands. I disagree with prohibiting people encumbered by such systems from participating. > I agree with you. Unfortunately my request for removing this nonsense has been denied by my employer. > To the point where I'm restrincting myself from posting from time to time. I will probably restrict myself even more. How about instead you augment your signature with "Please ignore the boilerplate below. > JM > > > -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: > > The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. > -- Terry Jan Reedy