E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums
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Formats for the storage or transmission of messages (singly or in groups) for electronic mail, discussion lists, forums, newsgroups, message areas of BBSs, etc.
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Abbreviations, conventions, etc. in messaging
Online messages can be a language all their own, with different dialects for different types of messages, but often "leaking" from one service to another. Here are a few of the things to watch out for:
- Emoticons - smileys, frowneys, etc :-)
 - Hashtags, at-signs, retweets, etc. - Twitterisms that often turn up elsewhere
 - Txtspeak - various abbreviations sometimes used in chats
 
BBS Message Sections
Chat, Texting and Instant Messaging
- Blue Wave
 - Eudora
 - Internet e-mail message format (RFC 733/RFC 822/RFC 2822/RFC 5322)
 - Maildir
 - mbox
 - Pegasus Mail
 - PST - Outlook Personal Storage Table
 - QWK
 - SOUP