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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ec/onlinemanual/000014" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Using network addresses</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e332322">
         <Level1>Network addresses</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e332325">
         <Level1>Network addresses</Level1>
         <Level2>using</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>For incoming messages, use the <Link href="/baanerp/ec/glossary/glossary#000013" role="glossary">network address</Link> to identify the
business partner from which the message was received.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>For outgoing messages in external EDI, you can include the network address in
the exported ASCII file in order to identify the business partner and the
network to the translation/communication software.
This identification allows the translation/communication software to determine
where to route a message exported from ERP.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>