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    11  <h1 align="center">ACK messages</h1>

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    13  <p>An ACK messages gives the confirmation that a PRIVATE arrived in tis destination back

    14  to the sender.</p>

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    16  <h3>How does an ACK message work ?</h3>

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    19    <li>An ACK message is requested with the string <br>

    20      /ACK <br>

    21      written by the sender inside his message in 1st column.</li>

    22    <li>When the message arrives in its destination, an ACK message is generated and sent back

    23      to the requester, including the date and eventually other informations.</li>

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    26  <h3>Protocol</h3>

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    29    <li>The SID of the BBS including this feature will have the letter &quot;A&quot;</li>

    30    <li>An ACK message is a short message including only text</li>

    31    <li>An ACK message is generated only on private mail, not on bulletins</li>

    32    <li>The message has a type &quot;A&quot; (private are &quot;P&quot;, bulletins are

    33      &quot;B&quot;)</li>

    34    <li>Only the first header forwarding line is generated, other BBS will not add their header

    35      forwarding line</li>

    36    <li>If the BBS which is forwarded does not include this feature, the message is changed to

    37      type &quot;P&quot; (Private).</li>

    38    <li>Type &quot;A&quot; message are not seen by users.</li>

    39    <li>When arriving back to its destination, the type of the ACK message is changed to type

    40      &quot;P&quot; (private) to be read by the requester.</li>

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