Re: Please,help me to decrypt this text message(school)(Jim Gillogly)

From: Andrew Swallow (am.swallow@eatspam.btinternet.com)
Date: 04/01/03 

From: "Andrew Swallow" <am.swallow@eatspam.btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:57:59 +0000 (UTC)

"Matfys" <ms.net@email.cz> wrote in message
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> jim@acm.org (Jim Gillogly) wrote in message
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> > ms.net@email.cz (Matfys) wrote in message
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> > > Please help.i try and i am tired :-(
> > > any advice is welcome:
> > >
> > > first text is :
> > >
> > > omsig oaiqe gymes msmui mucqq eogeq owgmq qqiqg mgmks mmmwm msmim
> > > keouu uaimg sqoqe gkgge mmgsq sscqm moogy ooimi mqqsy wmaem usmqy
> > > gqacm amooy
> >
> > Hint: do a frequency count. Notice a pattern in which letters
> > are used?
> >

The most common letters in english are space 'e' and 't'. The
most common letter in the text will be one of those three.
See if you can get 6 or 7 letters out.

Somewhere in your notes or text book should be a frequency
table. Then start looking for common words like "and", "the",
 "with", "a" and "or".

> > > Second text is:
> > >
> > > ejitp spawa qleji taiul rtwll rflrl laoat wsqqj atgac kthls iraoa
> > > twlpl qjatw jufrh lhuts qataq itats aittk stqfl cae
> >
> > Hint: try this one first. You'll probably recognize the 19th
> > century author.
> >
> > Jim Gillogly
>
> Can you explain me a little bit more your hints??
> thanks you

Andrew Swallow