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# body

The body text you provide for a message.

```
string body
```

## Discussion

Provide the `body` as a UTF-8-encoded string. The maximum string length is `144`.

The `body` text appears, along with the [`header`](/documentation/RetentionMessaging/header) text, in a [`message`](/documentation/RetentionMessaging/message).

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