Start out using OTC - & otc trader contacts

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Would welcome any suggestions as I'm a newbie wishing to try OTC trades? MtGox is safer (so they say) but the time lags in the system are not attractive - to me anyway.

I see several comments on OTC site saying such and such trader "helped me buy my first Bitcoin". Suggests there is a way to contact the seller (maybe I missed it but don't see email address for them)! Perhaps a btc client can send signed messages to an otc person? If so can it be done with qt client?
Thanks for any help.