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- it, but the "node address" of the BBS which that person
- will call.
- There are other types of message areas, such as
- GroupMail, but we won't go into those here. However, there are
- things that all message types have in common, such as the ability
- to "quote" messages. When you are replying to a message, you will
- often want to "quote" part of the message. This will help
- maintain the continuity of the conversation. Quoted text will
- usually appear in your message with the user's initials, followed
- by a `>' symbol. For example if you were replying to a message
- written by John Doe, and quoted from it, your message might
- appear as:
-
- Hi John!
-
- JD> What did you think of the performance?
-
- It was fantastic! I really enjoyed ....
-
-