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For more on Tactical Addresses including how to set them up using Winlink Express see [[Using Winlink Tactical Addresses]]
For more on Tactical Addresses including how to set them up using Winlink Express see [[Using Winlink Tactical Addresses]]


=== Preparing Your Winlink Traffic ===
=== Preparing Your Winlink Traffic for the Portland EOC ===
If you have Emergency or Priority messages, prepare these messages by creating Winlink messages using the ICS 213 template.  Alternative: Transcribe Emergency messages onto a NET Form 8 rather than entering it into a Winlink ICS 213 template.  
If you have Emergency or Priority messages, prepare these messages by creating Winlink messages using the ICS 213 template.  Alternative: Transcribe Emergency messages onto a NET Form 8 rather than entering it into a Winlink ICS 213 template.  


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.   
After you have completed your ICS 213, click on Submit and close the browser window. You will see the content of the ICSE 213 in the body of a Winlink message.   


*  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 you send must have the Post Office type. During a Citywide Deployment Exercise or after a Cascadia earthquake or disaster when Internet access 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".   
* 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.
 
*  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 you send must have the Post Office type. ''During a Citywide Deployment Exercise or after a Cascadia earthquake or disaster when Internet access is compromised'', you need to mark each message as a "Post Office Message" or change the default message type to "Post Office" so all your subsequent messages will be treated as Post Office Messages.   
==== 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]]
:: i[[File:Post Office Message.png|500px]]


==== Specifying that messages should default to Post Office type. ====
==== Specifying that messages should default to Post Office type. ====
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:: [[File:Selecting Post Office as default.png|300px]]
:: [[File:Selecting Post Office as default.png|300px]]
* If you don't specify the Post Office message type your message will be considered a standard Winlink Messsage.  In this cased, if the gateway doesn't have access to the Internet, no warning or error message will appear and your messages will remain in the Outbox.  To fix this problem, all you have to do is double-click the email in the Outbox and change the type to Post Office.
* If you don't specify the Post Office message type your message will be considered a standard Winlink Message.  In this cased, if the gateway doesn't have access to the Internet, no warning or error message will appear and your messages will remain in the Outbox.  In this case if you want your unsent messages to be handled as Post Office messages, double-click on the messages in the Outbox, change the type to Post Office, and Start your gateway session again.
 
* 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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