2 EASYLINK

The following procedures are available to assist you in using EASYLINK.

To display any of these procedures, simply type the command for the
desired procedure followed by a (carriage return) and (line feed).

        HELP PROCEDURE                          COMMAND

How to send a message to an EASYLINK,       /HELP ADDRESS
   TELEX I or TELEX II(TWX) number.

How to retrieve messages from your          /HELP MBX
   EASYLINK mailbox.

How to send a message to an international   /HELP ITX
   TELEX number.

How to send a MAILGRAM.                     /HELP MAILGRAM

How to send a TELEGRAM.                     /HELP TELEGRAM

How to send an INTERNATIONAL CABLEGRAM.     /HELP INT

How to batch message input.                 /HELP BATCH

How to send the same message to more        /HELP MULTI
   than one destination.

How to edit a message.                      /HELP EDIT

How to receive a message confirming         /HELP NOTIFY
   delivery.

How to assign a message for priority        /HELP PRIORITY
   delivery.

How to test your terminal for EASYLINK      /HELP TEST
   service.

How to test your terminal for character     /HELP CHARSET
   set compatibility.

If you make a mistake, simply type +EEEE followed by a
(carriage return) and (line feed), and the request will be
discarded.  After a new  PTS  you may begin again.

3 EDIT
                   HOW TO EDIT A MESSAGE

Editing functions for message preparation:

FUNCTION               TERMINAL KEY(S)

Delete character       CONTROL H  (not available on TELEX-I)

Delete current line    CONTROL X  (not available in TELEX-I)

Delete address

 following PTS prompt  +EEEE(CR)(LF) using TELEX II or DDD terminal

                       "EEEE(CR)(LF) using TELEX I terminal
Delete message

 Following GA prompt   (CR)(LF)EEEE(CR)(LF)


 (CR) = carriage return
 (LF) = line feed

3 CHARSET
The following text utilizes all standard printable ASCII
characters:

Alpha - ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Numeric - 0123456789

Special - 5 level

     Period .
     Comma ,
     Hyphen -
     Slash /
     Apostrophe '
     Quote "
     Pound sign #
     Dollar sign $
     Ampersand &
     Open parenthesis (
     Close parenthesis )
     Colon :
     Semi-colon ;
     Question mark ?

Special - additional 8 level characters

     At sign @
     Percent sign %
     Exclamation mark !
     Asterisk *
     Plus sign +
     Equals sign =
     Less than <
     Greater than >

The following described characters are not currently definable through
the test message facility:

     Open bracket
     Close bracket
     Caret or up arrow
     Underline or back arrow
     Circumflex

End of character set test.

3 TEST
         Welcome to EASYLINK Store and Forward Service

Western Union's EASYLINK service is an advanced electronic mail
service offering a broad range of value-added communication features
designed to meet today's business needs.  EASYLINK can satisfy user's
needs for simple, convenient, quick and low-cost message communications.

A subscriber to EASYLINK can send and receive messages between and
among other EASYLINK subscribers.  A subscriber can also send messages
to destinations served by TELEX I, TELEX II(TWX), INTERNATIONAL TELEX,
INFOCOM, and as MAILGRAMS, TELEGRAMS, and INTERNATIONAL CABLEGRAMS.

Subscribers can prepare and send messages using most existing data
terminals, word processors and personal computers equipped with dial
telephone communications capability.  Subscribers can choose between
two message delivery methods.  One choice is to have the messages
delivered directly to any of the above devices equipped with automatic
answer capability.  The other choice is to have messages delivered to
and held in an electronic mailbox, for later retrieval by a subscriber
at his convenience.

Each subscriber is assigned one or more EASYLINK number(s) which will
be published in Western Union's public directory.  In addition, each
subscriber is assigned an identification code and a password which are
validated during service sign-on.


***  For a series of self-help messages describing the EASYLINK ***
***  service features and formats typein:                       ***

            /HELP (carriage-return)(line-feed)

     This is a test message that is long enough to check out the
logic of a particular terminal type.  There is a variety of text and
spacing within this text to try to shake out any bugs that may be
present in your terminal.  If you run into problems with this text
call the EASYLINK service desk at:

            *****    800-325-4653    *****

Check with your sales representative about the various terminal
types supported by the EASYLINK system.

     At this point we will try some tabular material with a lot of
spacing and some text.  This simply fills out the text of this
message.

     This is the table stub        Column one     Column two

     Some accounting name . . . . . . 123.45 . . . . 123.45
     Some other name  . . . . . . . 1,234.56 . . . 1,234.56
     And some other name  . . . . . . . 1.23 . . . . . 1.23

          TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . 1,359.24 . . . 1,359.24

     Now we will return to some running text using a variety of text
just to check out that the terminal will not overrun under some
extreme conditions.  First, we will try a number of very short lines
to see if there may be a problem with text overrun.

THE QUICK BROWN FOX
JUMPED OVER THE LAZY
DOGS TAIL. THE QUICK
BROWN FOX JUMPED
OVER THE LAZY DOGS
TAIL. THE QUICK
BROWN FOX JUMPED
OVER THE LAZY DOGS
TAIL. THE QUICK
BROWN FOX JUMPED
OVER THE LAZY DOGS
TAIL. THE QUICK
BROWN FOX JUMPED
OVER THE LAZY DOGS
TAIL. THE QUICK
BROWN FOX JUMPED
OVER THE LAZY DOGS
TAIL. THE QUICK
BROWN FOX JUMPED
OVER THE LAZY DOGS
TAIL. THE QUICK
BROWN FOX JUMPED
OVER THE LAZY DOGS
TAIL.

     If your terminal gets here with no problems you should be fine.
To be absolutely sure, we will now try very short lines and count up
to twenty -

  01
  02
  03
  04
  05
  06
  07
  08
  09
  10
  11
  12
  13
  14
  15
  16
  17
  18
  19
  20

     If you got all of that your terminal should be able to receive
anything that comes from the message switch.  Thank you for your
patience while we were testing.

     This completes the terminal test message.  The next output
which will appear on your terminal will be the EASYLINK service
computer soliciting more input.  You may either disconnect or enter
additional requests.

3 ADDRESS
   HOW TO SEND A MESSAGE TO AN EASYLINK, TELEX I, OR TELEX II NUMBER

Follow the EASYLINK PTS prompt:

  1. Type the address of the destination.

          NNNNNNNN(ANSWERBACK);CCCCC:BBBBBBBB+

  NNNNNNNN      REQUIRED    EASYLINK numbers: 8 digits
                            TELEX I number:   3 to 7 digits
                            TELEX II number:  10 digits

  ANSWERBACK    OPTIONAL    Terminal ANSWERBACK: 4 to 18
                            characters in parenthesis,

  ;CCCCC        OPTIONAL    Customer reference number. 1 to 5
                            characters preceded by a semi-colon (;)

  :BBBBBBBB     OPTIONAL    Department billing code 1 to 21 characters
                            preceded by a colon (:)

EASYLINK will respond with a GA prompt.

          1. Type text of message.
          2. To disconnect from system at end of message:
                Type MMMM or .... on the last line.
          3. To continue using system:
                Type LLLL on the last line.

          NOTE: The MMMM,...., or LLLL must be the first and
                only characters on the line.

Upon acceptance of the message, EASYLINK will display:

          ACCEPTED NNNNN        (NNNNN is input reference number)
  +             REQUIRED    (plus sign) if using a DDD or TELEX II
  or                        terminal
  "                         (quote sign) if using a TELEX I terminal

3 MBX
         HOW TO RETRIEVE MESSAGES FROM YOUR EASYLINK MAILBOX

  1. To empty mailbox of all messages, type the command for the
     appropriate type of terminal used following an EASYLINK PTS prompt:

        TYPE OF TERMINAL USED                      COMMAND
   Non-CRT based                                  /MBX
   CRT based (will display 22 lines on screen)    /MBX CRT
   CRT based (NN equals no. of lines on screen)   /MBX NN

   Follow the command by keying a carriage return (CR) and line
   feed (LF).  For non-crt based terminals, EASYLINK will print each
   message in the order in which they have been received.

   For CRT-based terminals, EASYLINK will display a maximum of one
   page (22 lines) at a time to prevent messages from rolling off the
   CRT screen.  To continue after the screen break, key a (CR).  After
   the last message has been displayed or printed, EASYLINK will
   respond with a MAILBOX EMPTY message, followed by a PTS prompt.

   If you make a mistake, simply type +EEEE followed by a (carriage
   return) and (line feed).

  2. To scan a mailbox selectively and retrieve one or more messages,
     type the command for the appropriate type of terminal used
     following an EASYLINK prompt:

        TYPE OF TERMINAL USED                      COMMAND
   Non-CRT based                                  /SCAN
   CRT based (will display 22 lines on screen)    /SCAN CRT
   CRT based (NN equals no.of lines on a screen)  /SCAN NN

   Follow the command by keying a carriage return (CR) and line
   feed (LF).

   EASYLINK will print or display a list summarizing all messages in
   the mailbox including priority messages with the corresponding
   information:

               NUMBER OF   DATE AND                FIRST LINE OF TEXT
   LINE        LINES OF    TIME OF                  OR SUBJECT LINE
   NUMBER      TEXT        INPUT     ORIGINATOR      (IF PRESENT)


   To selectively display or print one or more of the messages, type
   the command and the desired line number(s) as follows:

         COMMAND
     /SEND X             (X is the line number)

     Example: /SEND 1;/SEND 1-3;/SEND 1-5,8

3 ITX
        HOW TO SEND A MESSAGE TO INTERNATIONAL TELEX NUMBER

Following the EASYLINK PTS prompt:

  1. Type the address of the destination terminal.

              /ITX  CCCNNNNNN(ANSWERBACK);CCCCC:BBBBBBBB+

  /ITX          REQUIRED    INTERNATIONAL TELEX designator preceded by
                            a slash, followed by a space.

  CCC           REQUIRED    INTERNATIONAL Country Code.

  NNNNNN        REQUIRED    INTERNATIONAL TELEX number.

  ANSWERBACK    OPTIONAL    Terminal answerback 4 to 18 characters in
                            parenthesis.

  ;CCCCC        OPTIONAL    Customer reference number. 1 to 5
                            characters preceded by a semi-colon (;)

  :BBBBBBBB     OPTIONAL    Department billing code 1 to 21 characters
                            preceeded by a colon (:)

  +             REQUIRED    (plus sign) if using a DDD or TELEX II
  or                        terminal.
  "                         (quote sign) if using a TELEX I terminal.


EASYLINK will respond with a GA prompt.
          1. Type text of message.
          2. To disconnect from system at end of message:
                Type MMMM or .... on the last line.
          3. To continue using system:
                Type LLLL on the last line.

          NOTE: The MMMM,...., or LLLL must be the first and
                only characters on the line.

Upon acceptance of the message, EASYLINK will display:

          ACCEPTED NNNNN        (NNNNN is input reference number)

A list of the acceptable international country codes may be
found in your Western Unionex Directory.

3 INT
           HOW TO SEND AN INTERNATIONAL CABLEGRAM

Following the EASYLINK PTS prompt:

  1.  Type the following:

      /INT NAME
      STREET ADDRESS
      CITY (COUNTRY)
      +

Address fields:

  /INT          REQUIRED    International cablegram desigination space.

  NAME          REQUIRED    Company, individual or cable code.

  ADDRESS       REQUIRED    Street address.

  CITY          REQUIRED    City
  (COUNTRY)     REQUIRED    Country enclosed in parenthesis.

  ;CCCCC        OPTIONAL    Customer reference number. 1 to 5
                            characters preceded by a semi-colon (;)

  :BBBBBBBB     OPTIONAL    Department billing code 1 to 21 characters
                            preceded by a colon (:)

  +             REQUIRED    (plus sign) if using a DDD or TELEX II
  or                        terminal.
  "                         (quote sign) if using a TELEX I terminal.

EASYLINK will respond with a GA prompt.

          1. Type text of message.
          2. To disconnect from system at end of message:
                Type MMMM or .... on the last line.
          3. To continue using system:
                Type LLLL on the last line.

          NOTE: The MMMM,...., or LLLL must be the first and
                only characters on the line.

Upon acceptance of the message, EASYLINK will display:

          ACCEPTED NNNNN        (NNNNN is input reference number)

3 MAILGRAM
               HOW TO SEND A MAILGRAM

Following the EASYLINK prompt:

  1.  Type the following:

      /ZIP
      NAME
      ADDRESS
      CITY ST ZIPCODE
      ;CCCC:BBBBBBBB+

Address fields:

  /ZIP          REQUIRED    MAILGRAM designator preceded by a slash.

  NAME          REQUIRED    Individual and/or company.

  ADDRESS       REQUIRED    Street address.

  CITY          REQUIRED    City.
  ST            REQUIRED    Two character postal code or full state
                            spelling.
  ZIPCODE       REQUIRED    5 numeric zip code for U.S. or
                            6 numerics for CANADA.

       (NAME, ADDRESS, CITY and STATE is limited to 5 lines as
       displayed in the MAILGRAM envelope window).

  ;CCCCC        OPTIONAL    Customer reference number. 1 to 5
                            characters preceded by a semi-colon (;)

  :BBBBBBBB     OPTIONAL    Department billing code 1 to 21 characters
                            preceded by a colon (:)

  +             REQUIRED    (plus sign) if using a DDD or TELEX II or
  or                        terminal.
  "                         (quote sign) if using a TELEX I terminal.

EASYLINK will respond with a GA prompt.

          1. Type text of message.
          2. To disconnect from system at end of message:
                Type MMMM or .... on the last line.
          3. To continue using system:
                Type LLLL on the last line.

          NOTE: The MMMM,...., or LLLL must be the first and
                only characters on the line.

Upon acceptance of the message, EASYLINK will display:

          ACCEPTED NNNNN        (NNNNN is input reference number)

3 TELEGRAM
                    HOW TO SEND A TELEGRAM

Following the EASYLINK PTS prompt:

  1.  Type the following:

      /PMS NAME
      ADDRESS
      CITY ST ZIPCODE
      ;CCCCC:BBBBBBBB+

Address fields:

  /PMS          REQUIRED    TELEGRAM desigination preceded by a slash and
                            followed by a space.

  NAME          REQUIRED    Individual and/or company.

  ADDRESS       REQUIRED    Street address.

  CITY          REQUIRED    City.
  ST            REQUIRED    Two character postal abbreviation or full state
                            spelling.
  ZIPCODE       REQUIRED    5 numeric zipcode.

  ;CCCCC        OPTIONAL    Customer reference number. 1 to 5
                            characters preceded by a semi-colon (;)

  :BBBBBBBB     OPTIONAL    Department billing code 1 to 21 characters
                            preceded by a colon (:)

  +             REQUIRED    (plus sign) if using a DDD or TELEX II
  or                        terminal.
  "                         (quote sign) if using a TELEX I terminal.

EASYLINK will respond with a GA prompt.

          1. Type text of message.
          2. To disconnect from system at end of message:
                Type MMMM or .... on the last line.
          3. To continue using system:
                Type LLLL on the last line.

          NOTE: The MMMM,...., or LLLL must be the first and
                only characters on the line.

Upon acceptance of the message, EASYLINK will display:

          ACCEPTED NNNNN        (NNNNN is input reference number)

3 BATCH
                   HOW TO BATCH MESSAGE INPUT

A batch input procedure is available to allow automated terminal
devices, such as word processors and computers, to send messages
prepared prior to calling EASYLINK.

   Prepare message according to formats described for the respective
   destination numbers (TELEX I, TELEX II, EASYLINK) and service
   (MAILGRAM, TELEGRAM, etc.).  Batch messages are now limited to a
   total of 50,000 characters per call.  Separate all but the last
   message with an LLLL character sequence, and the last message
   with an MMMM or .... character sequence.

   Following EASYLINK sign-on and the PTS prompt, type: /BATCH

   Enter prepared messages.

   Acceptance notices are returned following the last message.

3 MULTI
    HOW TO SEND THE SAME MESSAGE TO MORE THAN ONE DESTINATION

  The same message can be sent to EASYLINK, TELEX I, TELEX II, and
INTERNATIONAL TELEX numbers as well as a MAILGRAM, TELEGRAM, and
INTERNATIONAL CABLEGRAM.  The format of these addresses is:

  ADDRESS 1, ADDRESS 2, ADDRESS 3, .... ADDRESS+

  or

  ADDRESS 1,
  ADDRESS 2,
  ADDRESS 3,
     .
     .
  ADDRESS N+

The last line must be followed by a:

    (+) plus sign if using a DDD or TELEX II terminal.
    (") quote sign if using a TELEX I terminal.

For each address in a multiple-address message which requires a
service designator (i.e. /ITX, /ZIP, /PMS, etc.) the service
designator must be repeated before each address.

Address fields for /ZIP, /PMS, and /INT must start on new lines,
and no other address may appear on the same line as any of these
addresses.

3 NOTIFY
        HOW TO RECEIVE A MESSAGE CONFIRMING DELIVERY

To receive a confirming message immediately after a message is
delivered, type the following  -- before entering the TELEX or
EASYLINK number:

                   /NOTIFY  OR  /NTF

For example:

    Messages to TELEX I number.                   /NTF
                                                  642491+

    Message to INTERNATIONAL TELEX number.        /NTF
                                                  /ITX 85129700+

    When assiry for messages sent as MAILGRAMS, TELEGRAMS and
CABLEGRAMS is not available.  The confirmation message is sent
to the originator according to the routing instructions associated
with the originator's EASYLINK number (i.e.  MAILBOX, TELEX, etc.).

3 PRIORITY
        HOW TO ASSIGN A MESSAGE FOR PRIORITY DELIVERY

Messages assigned priority will be delivered in one-half hour or
will be automatically routed to WU intercept operator for additional
handling.

To assign a message for priority delivery, type the following --
before entering the TELEX or EASYLINK number:

                   /PRIORITY   OR   /PRI

For example:

    Message to TELEX I number                        /PRI
                                                     642491+

    Message to INTERNATIONAL TELEX number            /PRI
                                                     /ITX 85129750+

    When requesting a message confirming delivery    /NTF PRI
                                                     642491+

MAILGRAMS, TELEGRAMS and CABLEGRAMS cannot be assigned priority
delivery.
