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Re: Something of Interest (fwd)
At 03:50 AM 7/19/97 -0400, Jeremy Mineweaser wrote:
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>>Alan <[email protected]> writes:
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>>> 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.