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Note: If the message you are transcribing does not have approval information, put “...” in the corresponding fields of the Winlink Form so it allows you to submit it.  
Note: If the message you are transcribing does not have approval information, put “...” in the corresponding fields of the Winlink Form so it allows you to submit it.  


After you have filled out the template, clicked on Submit and closed the browser window, you will see the content of the 213 in the body of a Winlink message.  Please
After you have filled out the template, clicked on Submit and closed the browser window, you will see the content of the 213 in the body of a Winlink message.   


* If you will be accessing a gateway when gateways are unlikely to have Internet Access you need to indicate that your message is has a type of "Post Office mode" so that it stays at the gateway rather be routed to a Command Message Survey in the Internet "cloud".  To do so, any message they send to the W7ECC gateway must be Post Office type. During a Citywide Deployment Exercise or after an Cascadia earthquake or disaster when Internet acccess is compromised you need to assure that you either mark each message as as "Post Office Message" or change their default message type to "Post Office".  
* If you will be accessing a gateway when gateways are unlikely to have access to the Internet, you need to indicate that your message should have the "Post Office" type so that it stays at the gateway rather than being routed to a Command Message Survey in the Internet "cloud".  This will allow it to accessed by other Winlink Express clients by accessing the same gateway. To restrict message to a particular gateway, any message they send must have the Post Office type. During a Citywide Deployment Exercise or after a Cascadia earthquake or disaster when Internet acccess is compromised, you need to assure that you either mark each message as a "Post Office Message" or change the default message type to "Post Office".  
** Selecting the Post Office Message type for a particular message.  
** Selecting the Post Office Message type for a particular message.  
[[File:Post Office Message.png|500px]]
[[File:Post Office Message.png|500px]]
** Specifying that messages should default to Post Office type.  
** Specifying that messages should default to Post Office type.  
[[File:Set message type default.png|500px]]
[[File:Set message type default.png|500px]]


[[File:Selecting Post Office as default.png|300px]]
[[File:Selecting Post Office as default.png|300px]]
* Update the From field by clicking on the the "V" shape next to your FCC call sign and selecting your region's tactical address. If no tactical address is shown, see the section above regarding enabling a tactical address.
 
* Set To field of the Winlink message to W7ECC.
* Regardless of the message type, you should
** Update the From field by clicking on the the "V" shape next to your FCC call sign and selecting your region's tactical address. If no tactical address is shown, see the section above regarding enabling a tactical address.
** Set the To field of the Winlink message to W7ECC.


=== Contacting EOC When You Have Emergency Traffic ===
=== Contacting EOC When You Have Emergency Traffic ===
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