Subject: Let's see.
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Posted on: 2014-03-13 10:29:00 UTC

Frequency analysis will help. - that is, the letters are in roughly the same proportions as in English. This was actually a clue that it was a plain old substitution cipher.

See recent thread. - this thread. I was hinting at how to find the message.

View source. - And now I'm just telling you how to find the message.

T is more common than E. - This is further information regarding frequency analysis. In English, E is the most common letter, with T second. I was highlighting that they were the other way round here.

First word: It. - Well, it's the first word, and includes the most common letter. That means that '0' - far and away the most common symbol - must be a non-letter; its distribution looks suspiciously space-like. With that, and the suggestion above that E is probably second most common, you can put together this:

IT ??? ?E ??ITE ???T T? ?E?TE? ? ?E????E T??? T? ?????T ?I?TEE? ?ETTE?? T??T I? ??I T?I? TE??T I? ??ITE ???????ET ?? ????E ???I?? ?I??TEE? ???I????E ????T ?E E??IE? ???T T?E? ?E ????T ??T ???E T?E ????E ? T????E ????E I?TI??TE? ? ?E??? ?T?? ?? T??T T?E ?E????E ??? ?E ?E?T ?T??IT ???? T?E TE??T I? T?I? ???E T?E ?E????E ??? ?EE? ??TE ????E? T??? IE? ?IT E???E?T I? ??TE? T? ????? ??E??E??I ????I?I? T? ?E E??E?E?? T??T I? ???? ??I IT ??? ??T ?EE? ?E??ITTE? T? ???IT T?E ?I??I?? ?ETTE?? ?T?E??I?E IT ?E??T ?E ? ???E ?? ?E?TTI?? I? ???T?? ?ETTE?? ??T ???I?? ???ET?I?? ?ITTET ?E T? ??T ???T T? T? T??T I ???E IE? ???E ??? E????IET T?II?? T? ??E?? T?I? ??TE T?E ?E?T ??I T? ????EI I?? ???IE?E?E?T I? T? ?E????T I? ?I?T ???E ???? ??I?E????? ?? ?E ??ITE ?I?E T?I? I? ?E ?I?? ??T T? ??ITE T?E ???T ?ETTE?? IT I? ??T?E? ? ??I?

The next step is probably either the 1-letter words (which can only be I or A - and we know I!), or the 'T?E' near the end, which looks suspiciously like 'the'. So that's:

IT ?A? ?E ??ITE HA?T T? ?E?TE? A ?E??A?E T??? T? ?H?H?T ?I?TEE? ?ETTE?? THAT I? ?HI THI? TE??T I? ??ITE ???A???ET ?? ????E HA?I?? ?I??TEE? A?AI?A??E ????T ?E EA?IE? ??HT THE? ?E ????T ??T HA?E THE ??A?E A T????E ??A?E I?TI?ATE? A ?E??? ?T?? ?? THAT THE ?E??A?E ?A? ?E ?EAT ?T?AIT ???? THE TE??T I? THI? ?A?E THE ?E??A?E HA? ?EE? ?ATE ????E? THA? IE? ?IT E???E?T I? ??TE? T? A???? ??E??E??I A?A?I?I? T? ?E E??E?E?? THAT I? A??? ?HI IT HA? ??T ?EE? ?E??ITTE? T? A??IT THE ?I??I?? ?ETTE?? ?THE??I?E IT ?E??T ?E A ?A?E ?? ?E?TTI?? I? ?A?T?? ?ETTE?? A?T H??I?? ???ETHI?? ?ITTET ?E T? ??T ?A?T T? T? THAT I H??E IE? HA?E A?? E??H?IET T?II?? T? ??EA? THI? ??TE THE ?E?T ?AI T? ????EI I?? A?HIE?E?E?T I? T? ?E????T I? ?I?T HA?E ??H? H?I?E????? ?? ?E ??ITE ?I?E THI? I? ?E ?I?H ??T T? ??ITE THE ???T ?ETTE?? IT I? ?ATHE? A ?AI?

And that's before I said my name was in there.

Of course, it requires you to guess (or assume) that there's a 1:1 letter:symbol correspondence...

hS

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