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# Algorand Specifications

Here we describe how players handle message events.

Whenever the player receives a message event, it may decide to _relay_ that or another message. In this case, the player will produce that output before producing any subsequent output (which may result from the player’s observation of that message; see the [broadcast rules](https://specs.algorand.co/abft/abft-broadcast-rules) below).

A player may receive messages from a misbehaving peer. These cases are marked with an asterisk (*) and enable the node to perform a special action (e.g., disconnect from the peer).

> For examples of what these special actions may involve, see the [Algorand Network non-normative section](https://specs.algorand.co/network/network-overview).

We say that a player _ignores_ a message if it produces no outputs on receiving that message.