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title: "Order Message Model"
description: "An order message records communication associated with an order, sender, audience/type, content, and timestamps."
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# Order Message Model

An order message records communication associated with an order, sender, audience/type, content, and timestamps. Message content can contain customer or operational data. See [List order messages](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/get-order-messages/) and [Mark an order message read](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/read-order-messages/).