Mercury Message Types

Following is a list of all Mercury Message types. If you are a new Mercury subscriber, you may want to print this list and keep it in a place where your employees may reference it.

 

Order

To send an Order.

Ask

To make order–related inquiries or to request a price change.

Answer

To respond to an Ask message.

Cancel

To request that a filling Member or the Host Computer cancel a previously sent order.

Confirm

To confirm a cancellation request.

Deny

To refuse a cancellation request.

Forward

To forward an order to another Member.

Reject

To reject an order.

General

To send general messages to other Members or Headquarters.

Adjustment

To report an error on the Outgoing Orders section of the Combined Report (sending member only).

Received Order

To report orders that you receive by telephone to the VNS Clearing House.

Suspend

To suspend your system temporarily from receiving orders or messages.

Resume

To set your system to begin receiving orders earlier than specified in your Suspend message.