Very suspicious behavior in email client (Netscape)

[Mark Berkwitt]

Sorry folks, I forgot I selected 'Directory Server' in the 'Addressing'
folder inside the Preferences window in netscape.  I'm giving myself a
crash course in linux and I selected Directory Server to see what it
did.  I'm embarrassed to say, I have found out.
Never mind.

Mark Berkwitt wrote:
> 
> I know nothing about hacking so I feel I need to share this with PLUG at
> large.
> 
> I open a "new message" in my netscape client and if I type a string (in
> the To: address field) such as 'PLUG' and press <Enter> I get a window
> that pops open with over 90 email addresses with names where the string
> 'PLUG' is inside either the email address or inside the name.  I
> understand my client is searching for a similar string but where is this
> list of names coming from?  My cable-modem flashes activity and creates
> this pop-up list when I press <Enter>, so I don't think someone is using
> my machine to store email information.
> 
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