Wolfgang Denk wrote:
In message 4836BA48.1010109@ge.com you wrote:
THIS MESSAGE AND ALL ATTACHED DOCUMENTS ARE EXCLUSIVELY INTENDED TO THE INDICATED RECIPIENTS AND ITS CONTENTS MAY BE CONFIDENTIAL. IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO ANYONE TO TAKE COGNIZANCE, USE, OR
> DIVULGE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. IF YOU MISTAKENLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
Obviously the whole world is the "INDICATED RECIPIENTS" and thus it is OK to "TAKE COGNIZANCE" of his email. :-P
You are not a lawyer. You apply much too much common sense.
The text reads: "IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO *ANYONE* TO TAKE COGNIZANCE..."
In legal speak, "anyone" really means "anyone", including the "indicated recipients".
Ahh, you are right. You've out Englished my English. ;-) My English teacher in the 5th grade would harp on this: it should say "ANYONE ELSE" to prevent the internal conflict. So many native English speaking people like make this error that we've become like blind to it.
Best regards, gvb