RE: Find first line FOLLOWING a sequence of matches

[Subhan Michael Tindall]

It may be clueless and useless, but it is required by my employer that it be 
attached to ALL my outgoing emails.  I work for a company where we deal with a 
great deal of HIPPA protected info and protected health information,  and I 
could literally be terminated for removing it from my email before hitting send.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+subhant=familycareinc.org@gnu.org
> [mailto:help-gnu-emacs-bounces+subhant=familycareinc.org@gnu.org] On
> Behalf Of Bob Proulx
> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 11:38 PM
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Find first line FOLLOWING a sequence of matches
> 
> Robert Thorpe wrote:
> > Bob Proulx writes:
> > > Subhan Michael Tindall wrote:
> > >> This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and
> > >> entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is
> > >
> > > READ CAREFULLY.  By reading this email, you agree, on behalf of your
> > > employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising
> > > from
> >
> > I don't think there is anything to worry about here.
> 
> Were you worried?  I wasn't worried.  I was annoyed by the clueless and
> useless email disclaimer.  Those are such a waste of space.  We shouldn't
> even be giving it any discussion time.
> 
> If someone's company forces that upon their email then out of common
> decency they should use different email when interacting with the public
> outside of their company business.  There are many free email providers
> available that won't abuse the users in that way.
> 
> Here is one of many classic references on the topic.  There are many more.
> 
> 
> http://web.archive.org/web/20060218213021/http://www.goldmark.org/jef
> f/stupid-disclaimers/
> 
> > Read what it says in the second sentence:
> > > If you are not the intended addressee, nor authorized to receive for
> > > the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not
> > > use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone the message or any
> > > information contained in the message.
> >
> > This paragragh that Subhan Michael Tindall added to the end of the
> > email
> 
> Probably his company's mail server added it to the bottom of his mail for him.
> That is the usual cause of those disclaimers.  Of course it was sent to a 
> public
> mailing list that has many archivers.  Basically the modern day equivalent of
> publishing it in a newspaper with world wide readership.
> 
> > is only directed at people who are not the intended addressee.
> > E.g. people who have read the email by sniffing a plain-test network
> > connection, or have read it by opening someone else's mail archive.
> >
> > The third sentence is simply a request.
> >
> > I'm not a lawyer, but I'd say it's fairly harmless.
> 
> I disagree.  Clueless useless disclaimers such as those do harm the
> community.  They are rude.  They are completely insane.  They consume
> bandwidth and for those who pay metered bandwidth it does actually cost
> them more money.  They consume diskspace and waste our time avoiding
> reading them.  Think of the kittens!
> 
> The standard etiquette is that email may contain few lines of signature only.
> The accepted guideline is no more than four lines.
> See RFC 1855 for example.
> 
> When I am annoyed by stupid email disclaimers I add a disclaimer of my own.
> Which is what I did on the previous message.  That one comes from the
> writer Cory Doctorow.  It is called the reasonable disclaimer.  At least it is
> reasonable.
> 
> Bob
> 
> Disclaimer:
> By sending an email to ANY of my addresses you are agreeing that:
> I am by definition, "the intended recipient".
> All information in the email is mine to do with as I see fit and make such
> financial profit, political mileage, or good joke as it lends itself to. In 
> particular,
> I may quote it on the net.
> I may take the contents as representing the views of your company.
> This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be
> included on your message.
> Unless you are named "Arnold P. Fasnock", you may read only the "odd
> numbered words" (every other word beginning with the first) of the
> message above. If you have violated that, then you hereby owe the sender
> 10 GBP for each even numbered word you have read.
> If you feel you have received this message in error then add two cups flour,
> 1/3rd cup butter, 1/3rd cup yogurt, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon baking
> soda, pinch of salt, mix in three very ripe bananas plus walnuts to taste and
> bake at 350F for one hour.


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it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential 
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message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and 
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