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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 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 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".  
* 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".  
** Selecting the Post Office Message type for a particular message.  
** Selecting the Post Office Message type for a particular message.