This certainly doesn't relate to a virus, what maybe it's a, what's
the word, deviant website...


An hour after I looked up plaisance at www.dictionary.com

I got a junk email adressed to my main email address that started off:

From: "Buh-Rein Estate - Plaisance" <(E-Mail Removed)>

PLAINSANCE - BUH-REIN ESTATE
LOVE EVERY DAY

SOUTH AFRICA'S BEST ESTATE 2010
SAPI PLANNING AWARDS

2 BEDS,1 BATH,PARKING BAY APARTMENTS

ONLY R424 900
INCLUSIVE OF VAT, BOND AND TRANSFER COSTS

R5000 DEPOSIT SECURES....
--end quote--

I see it says "PLAINSANCE" in the text, but it's spelled Plaisance in
the from- field, as I spelled it.

Not a word you see often.

Is this just a coincidence, or is it possible a webpage could retrieve
my primary email address from inside Eudora? It might also be in
Outlook Express.

Thanks.

mm wrote:

> This certainly doesn't relate to a virus, what maybe it's a, what's
> the word, deviant website...
> An hour after I looked up plaisance at www.dictionary.com

Plai`sance"\, n. [F.] See Pleasance.

> I got a junk email adressed to my main email address that started off:
>
> From: "Buh-Rein Estate - Plaisance" <(E-Mail Removed)>

What's with the "zzz..." in that South African email address? The extra
dots do not compute.

> <snip>
> Is this just a coincidence, or is it possible a webpage could retrieve
> my primary email address from inside Eudora? It might also be in
> Outlook Express.

What browser were you using?

--
-bts
-Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul

On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:52:58 -0500, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>mm wrote:
>
>> This certainly doesn't relate to a virus, what maybe it's a, what's
>> the word, deviant website...
>> An hour after I looked up plaisance at www.dictionary.com
>
>Plai`sance"\, n. [F.] See Pleasance.

Yes, indeed.
>
>> I got a junk email adressed to my main email address that started off:
>>
>> From: "Buh-Rein Estate - Plaisance" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>
>What's with the "zzz..." in that South African email address? The extra
>dots do not compute.

I didn't want to promote his address, since he's a spammer.
>
>> <snip>
>> Is this just a coincidence, or is it possible a webpage could retrieve
>> my primary email address from inside Eudora? It might also be in
>> Outlook Express.
>
>What browser were you using?

Firefox 3, latest version.

> An hour after I looked up plaisance at www.dictionary.com
> ... snipped ...
> Is this just a coincidence, or is it possible a webpage could retrieve
> my primary email address from inside Eudora? It might also be in
> Outlook Express.

Did you submit anything related to your email address when visiting
www.dictionary.com? If not, then it's pure deja vu. As far as I knew,
dictionary.com is NOT a spam site.

mm wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>mm wrote:
>>> This certainly doesn't relate to a virus, what maybe it's a, what's
>>> the word, deviant website...
>>> An hour after I looked up plaisance at www.dictionary.com
>>
>>Plai`sance"\, n. [F.] See Pleasance.
>
> Yes, indeed.
>
>>> I got a junk email adressed to my main email address that started
>>> off:
>>> From: "Buh-Rein Estate - Plaisance" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>
>> What's with the "zzz..." in that South African email address? The
>> extra dots do not compute.
>
> I didn't want to promote his address, since he's a spammer.

Okay, but when asking technical questions, it's best to be more exact.
Perhaps you could have typed: (E-Mail Removed)

>>> <snip> Is this just a coincidence, or is it possible a webpage could
>>> retrieve my primary email address from inside Eudora? It might
>>> also be in Outlook Express.
>>
>> What browser were you using?
>
> Firefox 3, latest version.

As am I. No spam received here. I see you are probably using some
version of Windows. Have you run malware scans recently -- or since --
you received this alleged spam? Tools used and the results?

Did you google for the term: "Buh-rein Estate"
http://buhreinestate.com/plaisance.htm

--
-bts
-Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul

"mm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> This certainly doesn't relate to a virus, what maybe it's a, what's
> the word, deviant website...

As it involves a possible egress of your information, I believe the
correct category for this would be 'spyware' though a general security
related group should be a good choice too.

[...]

> Is this just a coincidence, or is it possible a webpage could retrieve
> my primary email address from inside Eudora? It might also be in
> Outlook Express.

Is your OS and application patch level up-to-date?

A website is not supposed to be able to do this, but malicious content
from (or through) an otherwise trustworthy site *might* be able to
leverage software flaws (or configuration) in your OS and/or application
software and accomplish this.