# This email may contain provate info

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-email-may-contain-provate-info/359949>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 8, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-email-may-contain-provate-info/359949 "2006-06-08T20:30:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-email-may-contain-provate-info/359949/1 "2006-06-08T20:30:27Z")

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Some of the disclaimers are ridiculous.  
The body of the email is often shorter than the signature.  
Do you have any stupid or funny ones that you want to share?

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-email-may-contain-provate-info/359949/2 "2006-06-08T20:35:44Z")

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I dunno how you managed to do this, but this very thread was started a day or two ago… lemme find the link.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-email-may-contain-provate-info/359949/3 "2006-06-08T20:37:11Z")

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> **[What's the most ridiculously long and pointless legal notice you've seen in...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=374681)**
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> I develop software for the financial sector (when I’m not a student, that is). A lot of companies in this industry seem to require their employees to include legal disclaimers at the bottom of their emails: “This message may contain confidential...

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-email-may-contain-provate-info/359949/4 "2006-06-08T20:42:38Z")

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And phrased better than I, at that. 🙂