On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Hitomi Ichinohei wrote:

Well, I've had it with my e-mail address being used more often for
recieving chain-mail and anything else, such as unsolicited "offers"
including those for sex.

Personally, I find it quite annoying, especially when you create an
account, make one news posting from it, and receive spam mail a week
later.

Its usually a good thing to have a disclaimer along the lines of (my work
.sig slightly modified ;) ):

Kergma, The Chaotic Trickster                     Systems Administrator
   Reach out and grep someone                     XXXX (Not telling ;) )
     <kergma@humbug.org.au>                         work phone number

Unsolicited Email is unwanted and subject to conditions outlined in:
                   http://my.work/~page/nospam.html

                                      ~~~~~
                  The Chaotic Trickster - kergma@humbug.org.au