From: snipeco.2@gmail.com   
      
   Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
      
   > Salvador Mirzo wrote:   
   > > Anton Shepelev 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.   
      
   I read it as make 'double-you' (w) single i.e. to delete one of the two   
   'u's in "Ian " so that it becomes "Ian ".   
   I don't know if that resolves. Whatever, it's an ambiguous riddle.   
      
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