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Re: apology + question about wierd chars in mail
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Yuri Khan |
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Re: apology + question about wierd chars in mail |
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Sat, 29 Aug 2020 20:07:41 +0700 |
On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 at 19:52, Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU
Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:
> OK, as for the question ... I got a mail the other
> day:
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> ππ ππ πππ ππππ ππππππ. πΊπππππ πππ ππΜπ ππππππππππ πππππππ
Is that actual mail from someone you know? Or an unexpected message
from a total stranger?
> This shows up as diamonds for me on the Linux VTs
> (512 glyphs). It is MATHEMATICAL MONOSPACE...
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> What is it, why did it appear (I mean broadly
> speaking, not that someone sent it to me, I get
> that),
Probably because someone who sent it to you didnβt want automated spam
filters to flag it as such.
> and can I configure Emacs globally and/or the
> Gnus post (article) buffer in particular to
> automatically translate (wash) it to, in this case,
> "Ta en..." ?
Why do you care what spam looks like?