Re: rot13

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From: Auke Nauta
Date: Mon, 06 May 1996 00:00

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In article <19960503.213941.92@hotch.hotch.demon.co.uk>
          iain@hotch.demon.co.uk (Iain L M Hotchkies) wrote:

: I note that an increasing number of posts are
: getting on the newsgroups having been encrypted
: with this rot13 business.
: 
: Is there an easy way to decode this?
: 
: Is there an app that would help?
: 
: Could someone email it to me?
: 
: Archived. Whatever. Thanks.

Well, rot13 just appears to mean:
rotate letters forwards (or backwards for that matter) in the alfabet.
Why people would want that is beyond my comprehension though...

Messenger (0.25) contains a 'rot13' converter (^O).

Greetings,
Auke Nauta
-- 
... "Bother", said Pooh, as he kicked hell out of his modem

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