Bob,
You shouldn't depend on your disclaimer to protect you. These things
have a
nasty way of being voided by other language or acts. Please take
note of the extensive case law regarding disclaimers.
I think that you will find that if the text of the message explicitly
rejected the
disclaimer in the DN that the disclaimer will be severely weakened or
voided.
This is because the disclaimer is not part of the identity of the
person making
the disclaimer and because they do not make the disclaimer. Someone
else
made the disclaimer for them. This is true for disclaimers in policies
as well.
I must state that I think this issue has been poorly researched. Can
we have
a legal opinion as to the strength of disclaimers in general and some
examples
of how and when disclaimers have been weakened or voided ? Can we have
an opinion as to the strength of a disclaimer presented as part of a DN
?,
as part of a PCA policy ?
Until I know more, I will not rely on any technical solution to protect
me.
John
BTW: This means that I think that if you send me a content authorizing me to
do work
and bill GTE, and you have a DN with a disclaimer releasing GTE from your
statements
or offers, but you have a certificate issued to you by GTE, that I could
recover from GTE.
It also means that if GTE has policy with a disclaimer regarding actions of
their eimployees
that I could still recover.with an appropriate content and a strong apparent
relationship
to GTE implied in your DN.