...unless of course they're in quiet mode.

-----Original Message-----
From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 3:43 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Notification "Tell" messages

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