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<div class="block"><p>
 Get the type marker from this message. The type marker identifies the
 type of message. Valid values are the ``tag'' constants defined in this
 class.
 </p>

 <p>
 The tab identifies not only the type of message but also the content of
 the OtpMsg object, since different messages have different components, as
 follows:
 </p>

 <ul>
 <li>sendTag identifies a "normal" message. The recipient is a
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