Reading Messages

To receive messages from other users and from servers on the network, the Messenger service must be started. The Netpopup service must be started if you want messages to be displayed when you receive them.




	NOTE: If you are using LAN Manager with Microsoft Windows, your administrator may have configured your workstation to display messages only when the Windows operating system is running. If you are not seeing messages (from other network users or printer notifications, for example), see your administrator for information on how to change the configuration so that your workstation will display messages.

When your workstation receives a message, the Netpopup service displays the message in a message box on your screen for 1 minute. If the Netpopup service is paused, you can read your messages in the message log. If your workstation isn't running the Netpopup and Messenger services, you can't read the messages you receive, but your workstation beeps when a message arrives.

There are two ways to read messages: with the Netpopup service or in your message log. The message log is a file that stores your messages when they're received. By default, LAN Manager Enhanced stores messages in the MESSAGES.LOG file in the LANMAN.DOS\LOGS directory. Each workstation has its own message log.

Using the Netpopup Service

When both the Messenger and Netpopup services are running, each new message appears in a message box on your screen.

The following is a typical message box:

To remove a message box from the screen, press ESC. Otherwise, the mes sage box appears for one minute, and then disappears.

When you install LAN Manager on a workstation running the Microsoft Windows operating system, the LAN Manager Setup program installs the Winpopup utility instead of Netpopup. For details about Win popup, see the User's Guide for Microsoft Windows Clients.

If you ordinarily work only in Microsoft Windows and do not need Net popup functionality in the MS-DOS environment, you can replace Win popup with the smaller Minipop utility to save memory.

To replace Winpopup with Minipop

Exit the Windows operating system.
From your LAN Manager root directory, type setup.
From the Configuration menu, choose Workstation settings.
Make sure Yes is selected under Messaging Services, and then choose the OK button.
In the Support for the Windows Environment dialog box, Yes should be selected.
In the Messaging Popups dialog box, change the selection to Only while the Win dows environment is running.
In the Configuration Complete dialog box, choose the Save button.

Your changes will take effect the next time you start the Workstation service.

Reading Your Message Log

The message log is a file that stores a workstation's messages.

When a workstation receives messages for more than one user or alias, all the messages are stored in the same message log.

To read your message log

From the Message menu, choose Read message log file.
The Contents of Current Message Log dialog box appears.
Scroll through the list box to read your messages.
To delete the contents of the current message log from the message log file, choose the Clear log button.
When prompted for confirmation, choose the OK button.
Choose the Done button.

Renaming the Message Log File

You can change the name of your message log by specifying a new path in a dialog box.

To change the name of the message log

From the Message menu, choose Log messages to file.
The Specify Message Log File dialog box appears.
In the New file box, type the path of the new file, or use the Contents of path list box and the Dir button to select an existing filename.
If you do not specify a path, the new log is stored in the LANMAN.DOS\LOGS directory. If you type a filename without an extension, LAN Manager Enhanced attaches the .LOG extension.
Choose the OK button.

Stopping and Starting Message Logging

You can stop and restart message logging.

To stop message logging

From the Message menu, choose Log messages to file.
The Specify Message Log File dialog box appears.
Press the SPACEBAR to select the Pause message logging check box.
(An X in the check box means message logging pauses.)
Choose the OK button.

To restart message logging

From the Message menu, choose Log messages to file.
The Specify Message Log File dialog box appears.
Clear the Pause message logging check box by pressing the SPACEBAR.
Choose the OK button.

Printing Messages

Instead of storing your messages in a message log, you can print your messages as soon as they arrive. Note that you cannot print and then store messages. Messages that are printed are not stored in the message log.

To print messages as they arrive

Type net log devicename.

To resume storing messages in a message log

Type net log [drive:path] filename.

For more information about printing messages, see "Net Log" in Chapter 5, "Enhanced Reference."

Reading Messages

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Using the Netpopup Service

Reading Your Message Log

Renaming the Message Log File

Stopping and Starting Message Logging

Printing Messages