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Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

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  Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4) Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-08-26 11:09 -0400
    Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4) Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-26 16:06 +0000
      Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4) Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-08-26 13:53 -0700
        Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4) Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-26 21:14 +0000
          Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4) Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-08-27 09:29 -0700

#95657 — Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ben Finney" <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
>>> 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

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#95664

On 2015-08-26, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:

>>> 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.

It's too bad there's just no way to get an email account other than
through your employer.  It's also unfortunate that there's no way to
to access the mailing list via an NNTP server or web page.

-- 
Grant Edwards               grant.b.edwards        Yow! I own seven-eighths of
                                  at               all the artists in downtown
                              gmail.com            Burbank!

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#95673

On 8/26/2015 9:06 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> It's also unfortunate that there's no way to
> to access the mailing list via an NNTP server

Huh? -- gmane.comp.python.general at
news://nntp.gmane.com:119/gmane.comp.python.general

Or do you mean by the OP?

Emile

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#95674

On 2015-08-26, Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> wrote:
> On 8/26/2015 9:06 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> It's also unfortunate that there's no way to
>> to access the mailing list via an NNTP server
>
> Huh? -- gmane.comp.python.general at
> news://nntp.gmane.com:119/gmane.comp.python.general
>
> Or do you mean by the OP?

I guess I should have used the old <sarcasm> tag. :)

-- 
Grant Edwards               grant.b.edwards        Yow! LOOK!!  Sullen
                                  at               American teens wearing
                              gmail.com            MADRAS shorts and "Flock of
                                                   Seagulls" HAIRCUTS!

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#95703

On 8/26/2015 2:14 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2015-08-26, Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> wrote:
>> On 8/26/2015 9:06 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>> It's also unfortunate that there's no way to
>>> to access the mailing list via an NNTP server
>>
>> Huh? -- gmane.comp.python.general at
>> news://nntp.gmane.com:119/gmane.comp.python.general
>>
>> Or do you mean by the OP?
>
> I guess I should have used the old <sarcasm> tag. :)


Damn -- It feels like April 1st all over again.  :)

Emile

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