Sending Messages

The Messenger service does not have to be running for you to send a mes sage. However, it must be running for your workstation to receive messages.

You can send a message to an alias on the network or to a domain. An alias is a unique name that each user specifies. A workstation can have three kinds of aliases:

A computername, which becomes an alias for a workstation when the workstation is added to the network
An alias added with the Aliases command from the Message menu or with the net name command from the command line
A username

A username does not necessarily become an alias when a user logs on to the network. This is because an alias must be unique on the network, but a user can be logged on at more than one workstation at a time. If a user logs on at several workstations, the username becomes an alias only at the first work station where the user logs on.

A domain name is used like an alias for sending messages to a domain. All the workstations and servers that specify a domain as their workstation domain receive messages sent to the domain name.

To send a message

From the Message menu, select Send a typed message.
The Send a Message dialog box appears.
LAN Manager preselects the Name option.
To send a message to a user, type that user's alias in the Name box.
If you are sending a message to more than one user, separate the aliases with a space. If you want a copy of the message, specify your own alias too.
To send a message to all the users in a domain, select the Domain option, and type the domain name.
In the Message box, type your message.
The messages you send to all the users in a domain cannot exceed 128 charac ters.
Choose the OK button.

Sending Messages

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