a Cal WBB elder (who shall go unnamed here, but not a player or staff), asking if you ever buy anything on Amazon? Sounds an e-mail list hack to me, but if that's true, his/her contacts will probably warn her/him.

I did.

Gosh, this does sound like hacking. Anyone have a better idea than to e-mail Devin Shallowhorn and ask him to ask the person-in-question about this?

I got it too. I responded and asked who this was, but did not get another reply.

I've e-mailed Devin, who says he'll let the supposed sender know.

Good. She has never emailed me before, I doubt she knows my name. It seems someone has hacked a Cal mailing list.