>See http://www.out-law.com/page-5536 It says "There is no legal authority on the effectiveness of these notices in email messages;" and "There is no legal authority on the value of these notices in email communications. When the notice is added automatically to every external communication, there is a risk that a court would consider that the venom in your warning has been diluted," then goes on with a couple of pages of advice about how to write a useless confidentiality threat, advising people to put it at the top of the message to force them to read it. Guess I know who I won't be consulting if I ever need legal advice in the UK. R's, John _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf