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+.TH EMAIL 7 "2026" "unixfriends" "Miscellaneous Information"
+.SH NAME
+email \- contact information
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+this page contains the contact email address.
+.UR index.html
+back to main page
+.PP
+the address is intentionally not written in plain text.
+to obtain it, you must decode the following payload.
+
+.SH PAYLOAD
+.nf
+\&                                         ,--,
+\&          ____                        ,---.'|
+\&        ,'  , `.   ,---,         ,---,|   | :
+\&     ,-+-,.' _ |  '  .' \\     ,`--.' |:   : |
+\&  ,-+-. ;   , || /  ;    '.   |   :  :|   ' :
+\& ,--.'|'   |  ;|:  :       \\  :   |  ';   ; '
+\&|   |  ,', |  '::  |   /\\   \\ |   :  |'   | |__
+\&|   | /  | |  |||  :  ' ;.   :'   '  ;|   | :.'|
+\&'   | :  | :  |,|  |  ;/  \\   \\   |  |'   :    ;
+\&;   . |  ; |--' '  :  | \\  \\ ,'   :  ;|   |  ./
+\&|   : |  | ,    |  |  '  '--' |   |  ';   : ;
+\&|   : '  |/     |  :  :       '   :  ||   ,/
+\&;   | |`-'      |  | ,'       ;   |.' '---'
+\&|   ;/          `--''         '---'
+\&'---'
+\&                      (powered by OpenBSD OpenSMTPd)
+.fi
+
+.SH DECODE
+run the following command in a POSIX shell:
+
+.nf
+echo "H4sIALoYUGkAA8tJzMxzyEnNzc8rSU3Uy8nP4QIAjNU6PhIAAAA=" | base64 -d | gzip -d
+.fi
+
+.SH NOTES
+this method is used to avoid automated address harvesting.
+
+.PP
+\fBif you cannot decode this, you probably do not need the address.\f
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.Xr base32 1 ,
+.Xr gzip 1 ,
+.Xr base64 1 ,
+.Xr mandoc 1