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SUBJECT: CAMO 55-07 MARS MESSAGE PRECEDENCE SYSTEM. (UNCLASSIFIED)
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
CAVEATS: NONE
DE AAA9O NR 058
R 162130Z NOVEMBER 2007
FM HAYS/AAA9O AZ
TO ALL ARMY MARS MEMBERS AND STATIONS
INFO AAA9A AZ
AAA9B AZ
AAA9F AZ
AAA9M AZ
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SUBJECT: CAMO 55-07 MARS MESSAGE PRECEDENCE SYSTEM.
AAA9O SENDS FOR AAA9AC AND AAA9WL
1. EFFECTIVE 01 DECEMBER 2007, A MANDATORY PROCESS FOR MESSAGE PRECEDENCE HANDLING FOR MARS TRAFFIC WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE FOR THE TRI-MARS WINLINK 2000 RADIO E-MAIL NETWORK SYSTEM. ALL MARS MESSAGING PASSING BETWEEN MARS WINLINK 2000 USERS, AND ALL MESSAGES BETWEEN INTERNET E-MAIL USERS AND MARS WINLINK 2000 USERS, WILL REQUIRE MESSAGE PRECEDENCE HEADERS IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
2. AFTER 01 DECEMBER 2007, ANY MESSAGE BETWEEN A MARS CALLSIGN AND ANY OTHER RECIPIENT WILL BE REJECTED UNLESS A PRECEDENCE INDICATOR IS PRESENT IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF THE E-MAIL MESSAGE. MESSAGES ORIGINATING WITHIN THE WINLINK 2000 SYSTEM BY MARS USERS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE SENDER UNLESS A PRECEDENCE INDICATOR IS PRESENT IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
3. MESSAGES ORIGINATED BY NON-MARS WINLINK 2000 USERS WITHIN THE WINLINK SYSTEM THAT ARE ADDRESSED TO ONE OR MORE MARS STATIONS WILL NOT REQUIRE A PRECEDENCE INDICATOR, BUT THE SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY ADD A "ROUTINE" PRECEDENCE INDICATOR BEFORE ROUTING THE MESSAGE. IF NON-MARS STATIONS INCLUDE A PRECEDENCE INDICATOR WHEN ADDRESSING A MARS STATION THE PRECEDENCE WILL BE HONORED. EITHER WAY, THE "REPLY" OR "FORWARD" WILL HAVE THE PRECEDENCE IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
4. THE PRECEDENCE CATEGORIES ARE: PRIORITY (P), ROUTINE (R), AND MARSGRAMS(M). THE PRECEDENCE INDICATOR IS INCLUDED IN A MARS WINLINK MESSAGE BY ADDING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SUBJECT LINE IN A MARS MESSAGE WHETHER ORIGINATED FROM INTERNET E-MAIL OR WITHIN THE WINLINK 2000 SYSTEM.
//MARS P/ - PRIORITY
//MARS R/ - ROUTINE
//MARS M/ - MARSGRAMS
5. IF THE MESSAGE IS AN EEI REPORT THEN THE WORDS EXERCISE EEI OR ACTUAL EEI MUST APPEAR THEN THE SUBJECT LINE FOLLOWING THE PRECEDENCE INDICATOR. AN ACTUAL EEI REPORT SHOULD BE LABELED AS A PRIORITY MESSAGE. AN EXERCISE EEI REPORT SHOULD BE LABELED AS ROUTINE.
6. "REPLY" AND "FORWARD" MESSAGES WILLBE TREATED WITH THE SAME PRIORITY AS THE ORIGINAL UNLESS THE PRECEDENCE INDICATOR IS CHANGED IN THE SUBJECT LINE WHEN REPLYING OR FORWARDING.
7. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF ACCEPTABLE SUBJECT LINES USING THE PRECEDENCE INDICATORS:
//MARS R/NET REPORT AAA4RD/L 130001Z NOV 2007
//MARS R/EXERCISE EEI "SHAKEDOWN"
//MARS P/ACTUAL EEI
//MARS P/ACTUAL EEI ACTUAL INCIDENT
//MARS M/CONGRATULATIONS!
//MARS R/MONDAY NIGHT NET
RE://MARS R/MONDAY NIGHT NET
FW://MARS R/MONDAY NIGHT NET
8. THIS PRECEDENCE SYSTEM APPLIES ONLY TO MESSAGES SENT OR RECEIVED FROM MARS USERS. MESSAGES HANDLED WITHIN WINLINK FOR OTHER USERS, SUCH AS AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS, ARE NOT AFFECTED.
9. THE MARS PRECEDENCE INDICATOR WILL BE THE SOLE BASIS FOR ACCEPTING MESSAGES FROM INTERNET MAIL SOURCES AND OTHER MARS USERS ON THE WINLINK 2000 SYSTEM.
10. NO WHITELIST FILTERING WILL BE NECESSARY FOR MARS ADDRESSEES AFTER DECEMBER 1, 2007.
11. ALL MARS MESSAGES SHOULD BE SENT AS ROUTINE UNLESS A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE OCCURS, SUCH AS AN ACTUAL EEI REPORT, OR EMERGENCY TRAFFIC.
12. POC THIS MESSAGE IS STEVE WATERMAN AAA9AC.
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GRANT L. GRANT HAYS AAA9O CHIEF, MARS OPERATIONS NETCOM/9TH SIGNAL COMMAND
(ARMY) CURRENT OPERATIONS, G3 "ARMY MARS: VOICE OF THE ARMY"
PROJECT MANAGER AKIMA FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
CAVEATS: NONE
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