[83396] in Cypherpunks
Re: Something of Interest (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan)
Sat Jul 19 14:40:19 1997
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 11:05:45 -0700
To: "Jeremy Mineweaser" <jeremym@r32h211.res.gatech.edu>
From: Alan <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19970719035021.00c4d7f0@r32h211.res.gatech.edu>
Reply-To: Alan <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com>
At 03:50 AM 7/19/97 -0400, Jeremy Mineweaser wrote:
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>
>>Alan <alano@teleport.com> writes:
>>
>>> I recieved this today via e-mail. I find it strange since I have
>>> never asked to be put on any sort of "interest list" by anyone
>>> at the IRS. Did anyone else get this?
>
>I received a copy of this earlier today via a low-traffic mailing list
>devoted to discussion of prisoner's dilemma games. Upon receiving
>the message, the connection between PDG and Jim Bell wasn't
>immediately obvious, but then I remembered that Jim Bell was
>also a subscriber to that mailing list.
>
>It's quite probable that the IRS sent a copy of their press release
>to all of the forums where they had records of Bell's involvement.
>
>Did others receive this message directly, or via mailing lists?
Directly. That address was not subscribed to Cypherpunks at the time.
