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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