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UNCLAS
SUBJ: ECOM TRAINING TIPS NR 15, EEI MESSAGES/MARS WINLINK
1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ECOM TRAINING TIP IS TO REVIEW THE FORMAT
OF EEI MESSAGES (EXERCISE AND ACTUAL) AND THE PROTOCOL FOR
INSERTING THEM INTO THE MARS WINLINK SYSTEM.
2. LET ME WORK FROM THE TEXT (BT TO BT) OF AN EEI MESSAGE
OUTWARD. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE USE OF THE EEI MESSAGE
GENERATOR ON THE NATIONAL WEBSITE. JUST IN CASE THE LAND LINES
GOES DOWN YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SAME FORMAT IN YOUR COMPUTER.
3.  MESSAGE TEXT - THE TEXT OF AN EEI MESSAGE IS THE SAME FOR AN
EXERCISE OR ACTUAL EEI MESSAGE WITH THE EXCEPTIONS:
    A. ACTUAL INCIDENT - THE FIRST LINE SHOULD READ 'UNCLAS
ACTUAL INCIDENT.' THE LAST LINE OF THE TEXT SHOULD READ 'ACTUAL
INCIDENT.'
    B. EXERCISE - THE FIRST LINE OF THE TEXT SHOULD READ 'UNCLAS
MARS EXERCISE.' THE LAST LINE OF THE TEXT SHOULD READ 'MARS
EXERCISE.'
    C. THE BALANCE OF THE TEXT IS THE SAME FOR BOTH TYPES OF
MESSAGES.
4. EEI MESSAGE HEADER - THE HEADER (ADDEES) ARE THE SAME FOR
ACTUAL OR EXERCISE EEI MESSAGES:
    A. THE FIRST LINE IS THE STATION SERIAL NUMBER (SSN).
    B. NEXT LINE - PREFERENCE AS IMMEDIATE (O) FOLLOWED BY THE
DATE TIME GROUIP (DTG).
    C. ADDEES ARE:
    TO AAN3EEI VA
    INFO NNN0ASA VA
    NNN0ASZ GA
    (YOUR STATE DIRECTOR)
    (YOUR STATE ASSISTANT FOR ECOM)
    (YOUR REGION DIRECTOR)
    (YOUR REGION ASSISTANT FOR ECOM)
    (YOUR AREA DIRECTOR)
    (YOUR AREA ASSISTANT FOR ECOM
NOTE: IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU ADD THE STATE, REGION AND AREA
ASSISTANTS TO THE DIRECTOR AS INFO ADDES).
5. SENDING THE EEI MESSAGE -  MARS WINLINK:
    A. FOR ALL STATE ADDEES, TAKE THE TRAFFIC TO YOUR STATE
TRAFFIC NET. FOR REGION ADDEES TAKE THE TRAFFIC TO A REGION
TRAFFIC NET OR INSERT THE MESSAGE INTO THE MARS WL2K NETWORK.
6. MARS WINLINK TRAFFIC:
    A. FOR ALL TRAFFIC DELIVERED TO STATIONS VIA STATE OR REGION
NETS, 'ZEN/' THOSE STATIONS.
    B. FOR ACTUAL EEI MESSAGES - IF POSSIBLE E-MAIL THE MESSAGE
TO AAN3EEI(AT)WINLINK.ORG, NNN0ASA(AT)WINLINK.ORG AND
NNN0ASZ(AT)WINLINK.ORG. IF ACTUAL EEI MESSAGE IS E-MAILED 'ZEN/'
AAN3EEI, NNN0ASA AND NNN0ASZ BEFORE INSERTING THE MESSAGE INTO
THE MARS WINLINK SYSTEM. IF TRAFFIC IS DELIVERED TO STATION(S)
BY MEANS OTHER THAN MARS WINLINK, SO NOTE THAT STATION WITH 'ZEN/.'
THE SUBJECT LINE OF THE MARS WINLINK SHOULD READ '//MARS
O/ACTUAL EEI.'
    NOTE: IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU INCLUDE THE EXTENSION
'(AT)WINLINK.ORG.' FOR AAN3EEI, NNN0ASA AND NNN0ASZ. THESE
STATIONS ARE USING PACLINK WHICH REQUIRES '(AT)WINLINK.ORG.' IN
SOME CASES THE MARS WINLINK ADDEE FOR STAFF CALLS MAY BE OTHER
THAT THE STATE CALL SIGN. THOSE STAFF STATIONS SHOULD NOTIFY
ALCON OF THEIR DESIRED ADDRESS.
7. FOR EXERCISE MESSAGES -
    A. DO NOT E-MAIL MARS EXERCISE MESSAGES.
    B. WHEN INPUTING TO MARS WINLINK (BE SURE YOU HAVE CHECKED
'MARS' IN THE 'POST TO' BLOCK). DO NOT INCLUDE
AAN3EEI(AT)WINLINK.ORG IN THE 'TO' LINE OF MARS WINLINK FOR
EXERCISE MESSAGES. THE MARS WINLINK SUBJ LINE SHOULD READ
'//MARS O/EXERCISE EEI'
    C. MESSAGE/TEXT - COPY YOUR EEI MESSAGE IN THE BODY OF THE
MARS WINLINK  USING 'FILE, NEW, IMPORT/EXPORT,IMPORT.'
8. MARS: TOGETHER WE CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING
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