1.1.6 PLACE OF ORIGIN


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The PLACE OF ORIGIN is the location (city and state) of the party for whom the message is created, not necessarily the location of the station of origin. For example, if the station of origin is in Baltimore creating a message for a person in Ellicott City, the PLACE OF ORIGIN would be Ellicott City in the preamble. The PLACE OF ORIGIN relates to the signature and should make sense to the addressee as the place the signing party is located. It must stay with the message to the point of delivery.

The state is given by the US standard two letter code as in "BALTIMORE MD", or "CHICAGO IL". No punctuation, symbol or otherwise, is permitted. State abbreviations are shown in the MPG-R routing tables. The standard US postal state 2 letter abbreviations must be used.

Undeliverable messages are serviced back to the station of origin, not the place of origin. (See the section on Originating Service Messages.)

If the message addressee wishes to send a reply message, the message goes back to the place of origin, and the addressee should supply the full address for such replies. If it is not available, the station of origin is the next best choice, assuming origination records are kept.

The originating station should ask the person for whom the message is originated about replies. If it is unlikely that the addressee will know the reply address, include a full address for reply as part of the signature.