Re: XP built in Messenger

From: E McCann (love.nodotshere.myquadra_at_mad.scientist.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 18:30:01 -0800

Start - run - CMD

The syntax of this command is:

NET SEND
{name | * | /DOMAIN[:name] | /USERS} message

Sends messages to other users, computers, or messaging names
on the network. The Messenger service must be running to receive messages.

You can send a message only to a name that is active on the network.
If the message is sent to a username, that user must be logged on
and running the Messenger service to receive the message.

name Is the username, computername, or messaging name
                       to send the message to. If the name is a
                       computername that contains blank characters,
                       enclose the alias in quotation marks (" ").
* Sends the message to all the names in your group.
/DOMAIN[:name] Sends the message to all the names in the
                       workstation domain. If name is specified, the
                       message is sent to all the names in the specified
                       domain or workgroup.
/USERS Sends the message to all users connected to
                       the server.
message Is text to be sent as a message.

You can get this by going to start - run - CMD, then typing in net send
/help.

"Pedro" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2FF65C68-483C-4E77-90F4-32CAB04C591E@microsoft.com...
> I am not talking about Windows Messenger.
>
> In XP there is a messenger service running that can be used to send direct
broadcasts to an ip address. This is the feature that spammers use to send
pop ups...
> Now my question is, in XP, which program can I use to actually use that
service, to actually send a little text message to a user on network. How is
it addressed....through IP address only? 

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