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When you access a gateway you may receive a warning message "The server you are connected to does not currently have an Internet connection.  Do you want to connect to this server?" This will occur if there is an Internet outage or we are simulating one. Click "Connect to this server" to continue. Depending on your windows settings, it's possible that this pop-up window will covered by other windows and you'll have minimize the other windows to see it.  Here's a screenshot showing the pop-up.
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Try once or twice to send your message and then stop using the gateway regardless of whether you succeeded so they can be allocated to another subnet control operator.
Try once or twice to send your message and then stop using the gateway regardless of whether you succeeded so they can be allocated to another subnet control operator.


==== What To Do If the EOC Gateway Appears To Be Unavailable. ====
If you don’t succeed in using one of the experimental gateways, try these alternatives and log which alternative you end up using:  
If you don’t succeed in using one of the experimental gateways, try these alternatives and log which alternative you end up using:  


# Contact Tactical Net and request voice transmission if you have messages with a precedence Emergency.
# Contact Tactical Net and request voice transmission if you have messages with a precedence of Emergency.
# Use another gateway if you are relatively certain that the gateways can access the Internet to exchange mail with the Common Message Servers.  
# Use another gateway if you are relatively certain that the gateways can access the Internet to exchange mail with the Common Message Servers.  
# If you have Internet access, use Telnet Winlink.
# If you have Internet access, use Telnet Winlink.
# Transmit by regular email.  For instance, PDXEOCMSGC-1@winlink.org.  Put the following at the begining of the subject to facilitate obtaining “white list” status for your message: //WL2K
# Transmit by regular email.  For instance, W77ECC@winlink.org.  Put the following at the beginning of the subject to facilitate obtaining “white list” status for your message: //WL2K
# Hand deliver if that’s possible.
# Hand deliver if that’s possible.


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