Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode]

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From	not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject	Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode]
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Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote:
> Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> writes:
>> Ian:
>>
>>> *********** To reply by e-mail, make w single in address **************
>>
>> How long till AI becomes cheap enough for spammers to employ
>> it for unmunging such riddles?
> 
> I couldn't figure out the riddle in question here.  I'd take my hat to
> any intelligence that can.

Their email has two 'u' characters, so I think you're meant to read
that as a 'w' (this might be more obvious with some fonts than
others). Then in the riddle to "make w single" means to "make w a
single character", so "uu" becomes "w".

The w-ified domain resolves and has an MX record so it can receive
email (seen with command: "dig [domain] mx"), unlike the original.
So that's my guess.

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Babbage and Dark Mode Ian <gay@sfuu.ca> - 2025-02-21 10:40 -0800
  Re: Babbage and Dark Mode Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2025-02-22 18:04 +0300
    Re: Babbage and Dark Mode Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-23 23:29 -0300
  The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2025-02-25 14:50 +0300
    Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-25 15:47 -0300
      Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-02-26 07:59 +1000
        Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-02-25 23:25 +0000
        Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 05:43 -0300
          Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-02-28 07:31 +1000

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