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If I had any control over what the corporate mail server attaches to outgoing mail after it leaves my desk, I would have long-ago edited the dumb error in the second sentence of the ... er.... appendage.
But ignoring that, if you are on the list to which I sent the mail, then you are the intended recipient and did not receive it "in error". The list is public, hinnit?
From: Tony Chung [mailto:tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca]
Sent: April-18-13 10:01 PM
To: McLauchlan, Kevin
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: [TOOLS] laptops and batteries
On Thursday, April 18, 2013, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:
The foregoing has been an unpaid public-service announcement.
We now return you to regularly scheduled programming, in progress.
What's funny is that after this PSA you left this:
The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected
from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it.
So not very public at all, eh? :-)
-Tony
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