Messaging using command prompt

[masdie]

a friend told me that we can message clients on a LAN without using chatting programmes ie: YM, MSN, ICQ etc. we can use the command prompt to send messages to people on the same LAN. but he doesn't know how to do it. anyone can help?

[gohweihan]

To send to an individual computer, use

"net send <computer name / ip> <message>"

To send to all users in the group, use

"net send * <message>"

To send to the a domain, use

"net send /domain:<domain name> <message>"

To send to the current workstation domain, use

"net send /domain <message>"

To send to all users connected to the server, use

"net send /users <message>"

By the way, the message is sent via the Messenger service. For Windows XP SP2, this service is off by default. Some SP1 and RTM users also had this turned off for privacy purposes.

[masdie]

thanks

[cquayhl]

If you are logged into a Unix machine, look up the following commands in the manual: write, talk, ytalk, mesg i.e. go to the prompt and type in 'man write' etc.

Charis.