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to: Time Warner Cable of Maine 118 Johnson Road Portland, ME 04102 (207) 775-3431 1 (800) 833-2253 to whom it may concern: [log in to unmask] as one of 1600 members worldwide of a parkinson's disease on-line listserv support group and as a recipient of an obvious spam mailing to the entire list by a customer of yours claiming to have cured parkinson's disease <writer @writer.maine.rr.com> i felt it important to bring this usage of your isp facilities to your attention no-one can post messages to our list unless they are subscribed [by permission of the list owner] and i am confident that 'writer' will be deleted from the list membership very soon i have contacted you directly since i would expect that you would be concerned in re this scurrilous use of your domain name and its reflection on your corporate image i have extracted the following core information from seven messages of 'fluff': >----------------------------------------------------------- >Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 06:06:27 -0500 >From: writer <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Announcing the Cure for Parkinson's Disease >----------------------------------------------------------- > >Summary > >Remove allergens. > >Inform patient about the withdrawal process. > >Stop all other medications, drugs, alcohol, tobacco and caffeine. > >2mg/hour of methylphenidate around the clock. >(Lower to 1mg/hour if patient is not sleeping better by 3rd night.) >............ > >Sleep and rest. > >Pay My Bill > >All who are helped by this treatment will be required to pay my fee later. > >I think I've earned it if I'm right. > >I will send the bill later. > >Don't worry. > >Paying this bill will be pleasurable and voluntary and no payment is >required until a significant period of improvement has been experienced. > >----------------------------------------------------------- in my opinion your customer is guility of sending irritating 'spam' e-mail and is potentially guilty of practicing medicine without a license i thought you should be informed best regards janet paterson janet paterson 50-9 / sinemet-selegiline-prozac almonte-ontario-canada / [log in to unmask]