EANCOM® 2002 S3 Part II
GENRAL General purpose message
1. Introduction

Status

MESSAGE TYPE : GENRAL
REFERENCE DIRECTORY : D.01B
EANCOM® SUBSET VERSION : 005

Definition

A message to enable the transmission of agreed textual information.

Principles

A General Message may be used to send general application support information to one or multiple addresses.

A General Message may be used to send required data for which there is no specific standard message.

A General Message MUST not be used as a substitute for an existing UNSM under development, under trial or at approved status or any EANCOM® subset of former UNSM's. Nor should it be used to avoid the development of a more specific application message.

The General Message is not designed or intended to be used as a replacement for existing electronic mail systems.

The General Message was designed primarily to:

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