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Recommend against using uce.el

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* lisp/mail/uce.el: Recommend against its use.  (Bug#46472)
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;; uce-reply-to-uce. Please let me know about your changes so I can
;; incorporate them. I'd appreciate it.
;; -- !!! NOTE !!! ---------------------------------------------
;;
;; Replying to spam is at best pointless, but most likely actively
;; harmful.
;;
;; - You will confirm that your email address is valid, thus ensuring
;; you get more spam.
;;
;; - You will leak information and open yourself up for further
;; attack. For example, they could use your \"geolocation\" to find
;; your home address and phone number.
;;
;; - The sender address is likely fake.
;;
;; - You help them refine their methods of spamming.
;;
;; Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not use this package.
;; Use a spam filter instead, or just delete the spam.
;;
;; -------------------------------------------------------------
;; The command uce-reply-to-uce, if called when the current message
;; buffer is a UCE, will setup a reply *mail* buffer as follows. It
;; scans the full headers of the message for: 1) the normal return