For sessions in QUIET mode (which will refuse TELLs), you can use the
MPEX command WARNF which will overlay the message in the function key
area. A note of caution though - this will bollox up player-piano
sessions.

Wirt Atmar wrote:
>
> Tom asks:
>
> >Back in the "old days" - when all terminals were connected via DTC
> >ports, it was straightforward to send messages to all DTC ports.  This
> >is the method we used to notify users that a planned shutdown was over,
> >etc.
> >
> >Now that most connections are from a network using terminal emulators,
> >it's not so easy.  Naturally, we can use Novell broadcasts or Winpopup
> >messages, but we'd like to be able to do it {perhaps automatically]
> >from the 3000.
> >
> >Does anyone have ideas on how this could be done to a static IP
> >address? How about DHCP-based addresses?
>
> The "tell all" command still works just fine, regardless of how the sessions
> are connected. For example:
>
>   :tell @;Please note that you have 1 minute to log off.
>
> See on-line help for more options.
>
> Wirt Atmar