Comments on: Corporate e-mail footers http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/ The inane babblings of Olly Hodgson Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nick http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/comment-page-1/#comment-34045 Nick Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:01:53 +0000 http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/#comment-34045 "Yeah, it’s a real waste of paper." We tag a don't print out unless you need to onto our emails as well. Not sure how much extra CO2 is generated sending the extra bytes :-) When it comes to accessibililty I hate that the autogenerated code from sites like google search or flickr or name offending website here that you can 'cut and paste' into your own website almost always needs tweaking to meet WCAG guidelines. Why can't they give us WCAG compliant code in the first place? “Yeah, it’s a real waste of paper.”

We tag a don’t print out unless you need to onto our emails as well. Not sure how much extra CO2 is generated sending the extra bytes :-)

When it comes to accessibililty I hate that the autogenerated code from sites like google search or flickr or name offending website here that you can ‘cut and paste’ into your own website almost always needs tweaking to meet WCAG guidelines. Why can’t they give us WCAG compliant code in the first place?

]]> By: Steve http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/comment-page-1/#comment-29577 Steve Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:51:34 +0000 http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/#comment-29577 Hm. Re-writing our standards now. Think I'll continue with the 'Disclaimers are stupid' policy. 'And get rid of that flashing pink Comic Sans RIGHT NOW'. Hm. Re-writing our standards now. Think I’ll continue with the ‘Disclaimers are stupid’ policy. ‘And get rid of that flashing pink Comic Sans RIGHT NOW’.

]]> By: Leon http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/comment-page-1/#comment-29497 Leon Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:54:56 +0000 http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/#comment-29497 I had to implement the new footer at work - so now at least everyone has the same signature, and no images!! I had to implement the new footer at work - so now at least everyone has the same signature, and no images!!

]]> By: rich http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/comment-page-1/#comment-29386 rich Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:41:16 +0000 http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/#comment-29386 Technically it's not a legal requirement. It must be included in "business letters", email isn't necessarily a "business letter", however most people seem to take the easy way out and plaster it over everything, mainly just to piss me off I think. I keep telling people at work that the mailserver I run doesn't support boilerplate footers like that :) Technically it’s not a legal requirement.

It must be included in “business letters”, email isn’t necessarily a “business letter”, however most people seem to take the easy way out and plaster it over everything, mainly just to piss me off I think.

I keep telling people at work that the mailserver I run doesn’t support boilerplate footers like that :)

]]> By: matt http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/comment-page-1/#comment-29369 matt Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:01:05 +0000 http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/#comment-29369 I went one better, I passed it onto someone else! I went one better, I passed it onto someone else!

]]> By: Olly http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/comment-page-1/#comment-29366 Olly Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:02:31 +0000 http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/#comment-29366 Phone their host and get them to do it at server level ;-) Phone their host and get them to do it at server level ;-)

]]> By: matt http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/comment-page-1/#comment-29359 matt Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:07:52 +0000 http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/#comment-29359 Good spot, Olly, but that's only corporate information, not the disclaimer, so I still go with the disclaimer's a load of woody nonsense, but having the info that your link mentions is good, probably However I seem to have a lot of sites to add this to now (thanks!), and have you ever tried to *explain* to someone how to add footers automatically to email? Good spot, Olly, but that’s only corporate information, not the disclaimer, so I still go with the disclaimer’s a load of woody nonsense, but having the info that your link mentions is good, probably

However I seem to have a lot of sites to add this to now (thanks!), and have you ever tried to *explain* to someone how to add footers automatically to email?

]]> By: matt http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/comment-page-1/#comment-29355 matt Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:37:36 +0000 http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/#comment-29355 Aren't email disclaimers actually not legally binding too? Aren’t email disclaimers actually not legally binding too?

]]> By: Weon http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/comment-page-1/#comment-29332 Weon Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:52:06 +0000 http://thinkdrastic.net/journal/2007/01/30/corporate-e-mail-footers/#comment-29332 Yeah, it's a real waste of paper. Yeah, it’s a real waste of paper.

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