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Both are useless in protecting you from anything you place in an E-Mail. Worried about it, then hand deliver it in person, only way those type of things might hold any water.
jud

Not worried. My other option is certified letters and that would not prevent a distribution of such and do not want to go through the inconvenience. I just want to stress that my statements are in cofidentiality of the intended recipients and not to be reviewed and used by other parties.
As I stated above, it probably has no weight other than to express my intent of the correspondence.

thanks

When I want things to stay quiet and not get distrubuted by the recipient, I place that desire in the opening sentence, or in closing. Then if it ever comes back to haunt you, you can point out that they violated your trust.

Something like "...this email is in reply to your request for xxxx. It is being sent only to you and is not intended for distribution to others. I utilized email mostly due to time contraints. I will follow up with the original letter in the mail...".

I've only done that a couple times. Seems kind of borderline overly anal, but still gets your concerns across.

I have also always thought those were the dumbest things. If anyone sends me something that they didn't mean to, do they honestly think I have any obligation, ethical or legal to not spread it around or post it on a billboard if I care to? It's no different than just talking to someone; loose lips sink ships. My advice; don't email when you're drunk.

Yes, I am in a relly great mood tonight, why do you ask?

Stephen

> My advice; don't email when you're drunk.
>

Oh great, NOW you tell me.

I should apply that to posting also, thanks.

:beer:

They probably don't hurt, but legally they're unenforceable. It's a form of bullying really. Only agreements are enforceable, unilateral dictates have no legal legitimacy.

Email confidentiality notices are a complete waste of space. Unless the receiver and the sender have actually negotiated an agreement upfront, the sender can't impose any contractual obligation on the receiver. In other words, the sender can't tell the receiver what to do with their messages.

How do I know that I am not the intended recipient unless I review the message?

Since the message was, in fact, addressed to me (because that’s how I got it), then aren’t I, by default, the intended recipient?

How do I know that I’m not supposed to review the message until after I have read it and then found the notice at the end of the message?

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