At 03:50 AM 7/19/97 -0400, Jeremy Mineweaser wrote:
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.