Doing a FAQ and getting junk mail

Lloyd Wood (L.H.Wood@student.lut.ac.uk)
Tue, 29 Mar 94 18:16:16 BST

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I'm relatively new to the world of 'official' FAQ maintaining. However,
since my FAQ got passed to news.answers and archived at rtfm.mit.edu,
I've noticed an increase in junk mail received.

I classed it merely as a result of increased commercialization of the net,
until yesterday, when I received a junk chain letter emailed as a reply
to my last FAQ posting in news.answers et al.

Has anyone else received a similar posting?
Is this one of the hazards of maintaining a FAQ?
Would it be worth giving up maintaining a FAQ to avoid junk mail of
this nature?

postmaster@oldcolo.com claimed this was a 'free speech' issue. I view it
as an 'mindless unwanted automatic/no-thought posts should be stopped'
issue.

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