# Ack'ing a QuoteRequest message

**URL:** <https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/acking-a-quoterequest-message/4388>\
**Category:** General Q&A\
**Tags:** general-qa, xid\_167515, imported\
**Created:** [September 29, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/acking-a-quoterequest-message/4388 "2006-09-29T18:43:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![anthonymerhi89\_x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@anthonymerhi89\_x](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/anthonymerhi89_x)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/acking-a-quoterequest-message/4388/1 "2006-09-29T18:43:49Z")

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**Author:** ![anthonymerhi89\_x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@anthonymerhi89\_x](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/anthonymerhi89_x)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/acking-a-quoterequest-message/4388/2 "2006-09-29T18:43:49Z")

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We would like to return an immediate affirmative acknowledgement to the ‘Initiator’ after the Initiator sends a QuoteRequest in order to indicate to the Initiator that the QuoteRequest has been received, validated, and accepted.

However, the 4.4 specs do not appear to define such a message. They do define an immediate negative acknowledgement message (QuoteRequestReject, vol. 3, p. 21; and vol. 7, p. 76), but not an immediate affirmative acknowledgment message.

Ideally, we are looking for the definition of, say, a QuoteRequestAcknowledge message. The dialog for the successful submittal of a QuoteRequest would then appear as follows:

Initiator -\> QuoteRequest  
Initiator \<- “QuoteRequestAcknowledge” // immediate ack

Has the list encountered this requirement and found a message solution which fits well in the new 4.4 context of the ‘tradeable quote’ dialog?

Thanks,  
Anthony Merhi  
MarketAxess