"This e mail and any attachments are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. It is intended solely for the addressee. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete the email and any attachments. While COMPANY NAME takes care to protect its systems from virus attacks and other harmful events, the company gives no warranty that this message (including attachments) is free of any virus or other harmful matter, and accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting from the recipient receiving, opening or using it."

So my company is corporating itself up big time and we've all just been told to put this on our email signature.

How often, do you think, does this type of thing actually save a company legal difficulties? Is it worth it? I've got a feeling they just want our emails to look more official.