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-This project is deprecated. Please see [this email]([https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/heka/2016-May/001059.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20230526160209/https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/heka/2016-May/001059.html)) for more details.
+This project is deprecated. Please see [this email](https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/heka/2016-May/001059.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20230526160209/https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/heka/2016-May/001059.html) for more details.
 
 # Heka