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Re: It's Your Call: Which E-mail Disclaimer is Best? (LONG)
Subject:Re: It's Your Call: Which E-mail Disclaimer is Best? (LONG) From:Jo Baer <jbaer -at- mailbox1 -dot- tcfbank -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:26:39 -0500
I wouldn't read past the first line of either of them. I've seen boilerplate
disclaimers before, know what they're about, and don't bother reading them.
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Jo Baer
Senior Technical Writer
TCF National Bank
Minneapolis, Minnesota
jbaer -at- mailbox1 -dot- tcfbank -dot- com
If you can remain calm, you
just don't have all the facts.
"Robert B. Kennedy" wrote:
> Hi Whirlers,
>
> I was recently asked to edit a lengthy
> e-mail disclaimer for a client of mine.
> The manager's intent was to reduce the
> word count substantially -- which is
> what I did, reducing it from 113 to
> 71 words.
>
> Yet corporate counsel says the edited
> version "reads poorly." While choppy,
> I think the edited version will be
> READ MORE OFTEN and therefore is a
> better read than the original.
>
> What do you think?
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