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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: use of netnews site information databases
Message-ID: <1531@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 30-Sep-84 23:54:04 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 30 23:54:04 1984
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An interesting thing has happened recently that I thought might be of
interest to everyone out there. I got some junk mail. Now the interesting
part of that is that it was addressed in such a way that I feel the only
place they could have gotten my name and address from is the database of
Usenet site contacts. Now, that information is definitely public domain,
and people can do with it what they like (especially when they ARE paying
the postage-- my electronic mailbox is another story) but I do question
whether or not this is an ethical thing. As Usenet expands I expect we'll
be seeing more and more of this-- should we attempt to encourage or
discourage it, or should we ignore it completely (it won't go away, of
course)?

chuq

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From the Department of Bistromatics:            Chuq Von Rospach
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What do I know, after all I'm just a begonia...