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Re: Posting from work/university addresses
- From: Robin Getz <rgetz at blackfin dot uclinux dot org>
- To: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Cc: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at sourceware dot org>, iant at google dot com, "Anmol P. Paralkar" <b07584 at freescale dot com>, "Jim Blandy" <jimb at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:02:37 -0400
- Subject: Re: Posting from work/university addresses
- References: <4414a3a80707292340v1e8918edp204ea680f61823c2@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707301730290.10226@ld0159-tx32.am.freescale.net> <20070731000833.GB1092@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>
On Mon 30 Jul 2007 20:08, Christopher Faylor pondered:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 06:07:43PM -0500, Anmol P. Paralkar wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Jim Blandy wrote:
> >>I'm curious --- is there some reason people avoid posting to the GDB
> >>mailing lists from their work/uni addresses?
> >
> >In the case of work address: Some companies require inclusion
> >of/automatically include a disclaimer notice at the end of the message
> >and sometimes it's against list policy to post messages with such
> >disclaimers in them. So e.g. in the gcc list, such posters are kindly
> >advised to use a free account like in:
> >
> >http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2007-07/msg00732.html
> >
> >(Not that the advice is always heeded).
>
> This will soon no longer be optional as I've been asked to start
> bouncing messages which contain disclaimers. I'm testing the code
> to do this now.
Please make sure that this doesn't filter the requirements currently in place
by EU based folks - who are now required by law to post all kinds of stuff
(business address, company directors, etc) in their emails...
Thanks
-Robin