1 SEND The SEND command invokes SEND.EXE, a program that can be used to send a message to another user. The user to which the message is being sent must be logged on and his/her terminal must be set to BROADCAST. If the user is not logged on or has his/her terminal set to NOBROADCAST (or broadcast class NOUSER1) then you can have the message sent by VAX MAIL if the destination specified is a username. The following will be displayed immediately at the destination terminal: From {Terminal} {Username} {Time} {message} Command Format: $ SEND[/(NO)MAIL] [destination] [message] 2 /MAIL The MAIL [and NOMAIL] specify whether or not a message is mailed (or not mailed) if the message is cannot be sent when a destination is specified by a username. If /MAIL is specified then the message is mailed if the message cannot not be sent to at least one terminal the specified user is logged on (i.e. if the terminal is logged on two terminals and one is set NOBROADCAST, then the message will be mailed, even though the message is sent to the BROADCAST terminal). If the user is not logged on then the message will be sent by MAIL. If NOMAIL is specified then the message will not be mailed under any circumstance. If no qualifier is used then the user will be prompted as to whether or not a message should be mailed if the mesage cannot be sent to a terminal. 2 destination A destination is either a terminal identifier or a username or a list of usernames and terminals separated by commas. A terminal identifier must contain a colon (.ie. TTE4: or RTA2:). If the destination is not specified, then the user wiil be prompted for the destination. If the destination is not specified then the message cannot be specified. 3 examples Terminals - TTE4: or RTA2: Usernames - SYSTEM or FIELD list - SYSTEM,TTE4:,FIELD 2 message The message can take the remainder of the command line and is the message to be sent to the destination. If the message is not specified then the user will be prompted for a message of up to nineteen lines in length.