Email signing

[Julian Field]

It has turned out not to be too hard to do.
I won't implement it now, but if it causes them to start thinking about
using another product instead of MailScanner, then get back to me and I
will write it quickly for you. Don't like losing users!

If the disclaimer at the bottom of the mail is called the "signature", what
do you call the signature at the top of the mail?

At 19:05 13/08/2003, you wrote:
>Thanks Julian - that's a great help I will tackle that tomorrow.
>
>As far as the disclaimer goes - don't! I have been fighting this one tooth
>and nail, and I think our current disclaimer is way too long anyway (my
>opinion - not the firms - obviously!) but unless you are a lawyer you cant
>argue with one and expect to win!!
>
>I am hoping that if I just say it cant be done then they will just accept it
>as it is so saving us all a LOT of bother.
>
>Sam
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
>Sent: 13 August 2003 18:55
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: Email signing
>
>
>At 18:07 13/08/2003, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Ok - I work for a legal firm so I guess I should have guessed that this
> >subject would come back to haunt me!
> >
> >Using MS is it possible to:
> >
> >1. sign all outgoing emails with a default signature (disclaimer)
> >except if a specific string is added to either the end of the subject
> >line or to the email body.
>
>You would have to do this using a simple "Custom Function" placed in
>CustomConfig.pm. There is a very simple sample included at the top of the
>file for you to use as a starting point for your own code. If you look at
>that, then virtually all the code I include below will look *very* similar
>:-)
><snip>
>
> >2. Have the email signature at the start of the email body and not the
> >end. I am not sure if you are aware but a lot of lawyers are now saying
> >that a confidentiality disclaimer appended to an email is not legally
> >binding unless you refer to it at the start of the email BEFORE the
> >reader has a chance to read the main text.
>
>I'll ignore the obvious remarks about this being a complete waste of time
>and effort... The only current way to do it would be to set Non Spam Actions
>= attachment deliver and change the spam report to actually be your
>disclaimer instead.
>
>No-one has asked for that before. If you really need it, give me a shout
>(and possibly some inducement to write it) and I'll see how difficult it is
>to implement. I need to make it work with digital signing and encryption as
>well, which always complicates things a bit.
>
>#include <stddisclaim.h>
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>Julian Field
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