Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:115590 comp.os.msdos.4dos:5859 comp.os.msdos.apps:8889 comp.os.msdos.desqview:3893 comp.os.msdos.djgpp:8006 comp.os.msdos.mail-news:2819 comp.os.msdos.misc:38160 comp.os.msdos.pcgeos:391 comp.os.msdo ... From: cardlink AT iaccess DOT za (Francois Visagie) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.4dos,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.desqview,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.mail-news,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.pcgeos,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer.turbovision,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy Subject: Re: "send" for windows 95??? Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 11:23:14 +0200 Organization: Stancom Electronics International Lines: 26 Distribution: inet Message-ID: References: <01bb9434$7782ed60$2060c4d0 AT zipuser DOT ziplink DOT net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 196-7-171-157.iafrica.com To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp In article <01bb9434$7782ed60$2060c4d0 AT zipuser DOT ziplink DOT net>, jim says... > Does anybody know of a Window's 95 equivalent to the DOS based "send" > command? The DOS syntax would read > > c:\net send [computer name] [message] > The message would appear on the users screen without prompt. > > We're currently using 95 on all the worksations and NT 3.51 on the server, > a utility like this for 95 would make our lives a lot easier.. > > Pleas e-mail your response to: jimf AT ziplink DOT net > [emailed and posted] Jim, WinPopup, which comes with Win3.11/95, does exactly the same via a GUI. The receiver needs to either run WinPopup in Windows mode, or the MS messenging services in DOS mode. Regards, -- Francois Visagie Email : cardlink AT iaccess DOT za Stancom Electronics International Finger : cardlink AT mickey DOT iafrica DOT com Cape Town Tel. : +27 (21) 511-5303/5 South Africa Fax : +27 (21) 511-5301 Designers of the high-performance CardLink EFTPOS terminal and other advanced transaction and communications systems.