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 LS> i do writ emessages in kid chatter overseas.. but when 
 LS> i get replies back they turn out all funny and i carnt 
 LS> understand wo they aare from.. please explain!
Hi Lisa,
The K12 message areas are sent out over two different computer
networks. One is called FidoNet, and the messages have the
form of
From: Sender Name
To:   Name of Receiver
Subject: What the message is about

Then you see the message
At the end, you will see a line that has
  * Origin: Where it came from (3:772/20)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  = === ==
In this case, the 3 means Australia or New Zealand, the 772 means 
Auckland, and the 20 is the IBM Bulletin Board there.


The other network is called Usenet or Internet. This has a lot
of other lines at the top, that gives you some idea of where
the message is coming from. Usenet has a different way of putting
its address into a message, and it is sometimes a bit harder to
know where the other person is from. You need to read these 
heading lines, and the lines at the bottom, to figure that out.

I hope that helps.  



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uucp: uunet!m2xenix!puddle!3!772!20!Terry.Bowden
Internet: Terry.Bowden@f20.n772.z3.fidonet.org