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> Subject: Re: Michael J. Fox: autoreply on listserv > From: John Cottingham <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:33:55 -0500 > Comments: To: [log in to unmask] At 05:50 PM 7/11/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Dear Sir/Madam: > >It has come to our attention recently that there may be a bug in the >PARKINSN listserv. For some reason, upon entering the listserv many listserv >members are receiving an auto-reply message from the Michael J. Fox >Foundation. This message is not only inappropriate, but it contains >inaccurate information. Jeff the incorrect info is coming from the account of [log in to unmask] who is a subscriber of the Parkinsn listserv. A test message to this address yields the following reply: >Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:14:08 -0700 >To: John Cottingham <[log in to unmask]> >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Thank you for your support. > > > >Thank you very much for contacting me through my web site. My family and I >are extremely grateful for your warm wishes and support. > > >I am excited about the opportunity we have to cure Parkinson's disease. >Advances in research could soon ease the burden for the more than one million >Americans living with Parkinson's, and achieving the cure is literally a >matter of time. Hopefully, the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's >Research, along with the work of other organizations, will significantly >reduce our wait. > > >Donations can be sent to: > > >Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research >840 Third Street >Santa Rosa, CA 95404 > > >Thank you again for your support. > > >Best wishes, Since he is a subscriber any message we forward to him from the list autoresponds and since so many disparate people have received it without being once posted on the list it is a failure of that computers program which probably replies to the person rather than to Parkinsn. I am sorry to learn Mr. Fox doesn't read our messages but that was just an address for solictations. I have taken steps to remove Michael J.. Fox's subscription so that we may put this matter to rest. 'Real People' are always welcome on Parkinsn. John Cottingham co-owner Parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn