Indeed a lot of Mr Blair's foreign fan-mail seems to be directed at Britain in general.

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Fan mail -- that old barometer of an entertainer's popularity -- has become off-limits for many in Hollywood since the anthrax mail attacks in New York City, Washington and Florida.

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"De Soto's ideas about how to empower the world's poor represent one of the most significant economic insights of our time, " says Bill Clinton, another fan, by e-mail.

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What makes her happier is when she gets an e-mail from a racing fan like the man who wrote her to tell her about the gift her bought his wife.

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Some offer color suggestions, while others have requested a clutch in a certain material via e-mail or on her Facebook fan page.

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Ms Eaton's staff told The Globe and Mail newspaper that the senator was a fan of polar bears - she has several photos of the Arctic beast in her office.

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During a stop in Blackburn, Straw summoned up his Beatles trivia to tell Rice that Lennon -- who was murdered in New York by a deranged fan in 1980 -- penned those words after reading a story in the Daily Mail newspaper.

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He wrote several new games, working six-day weeks even in his 60s, attending conventions, replying to fan mail and taking time off only for his beloved American football.

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The company uses e-mail to drive traffic to social networking sites, such as its Facebook fan page, to help increase the number of fans.

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