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- they were written. Unlike the public message, a private
- message can only be read by the person who wrote it, the
- person it is addressed to, and the SysOp. This is where
- you would want to leave a private message to another
- user on the BBS that you don't want other people to be
- able to read (say, if you wanted to give someone your
- phone number.)
-
- ECHOMAIL - EchoMail areas contain messages that can be read and
- replied to on many different BBSes. Sometimes these will
- just be various BBSes from around the area. Much of the
- time though, these will be BBSes throughout the country,
- continent, or even around the world. In many respects,
- the messages in EchoMail areas are similar to those in
- the public local mail areas. However, when you write
- messages in an EchoMail area, it will be "Echoed" to all
- BBSes that receive this particular echo. This usually
- occurs in a matter of a day or two! Since many people
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