The purpose of Hsu's email was to ask the public to donate books. Chou Ju, a professor of environmental education at National Taiwan Normal University and a long-time supporter of the LFRA, replied that same evening and forwarded Hsu's email all over Taiwan.
許瑞明這封信的用途在於向社會大眾募集圖書，信件寄出的當晚，長期支持協會的師大環教所周儒老師立即回覆，並透過人際網絡向全台各地發送。