No, they're not tapping into it through MSN Messenger. It is a completely seperate service intended for system notifications from the network. Try it yourself. At a command prompt, type:
net send 127.0.0.1 "Hi" Replace the ip address with any IP or a machine's network name and you suddenly are annoying people. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Harkins,Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:10 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: System Alerts" spam news > > > Okee That thingie! :-) Interesting that they can tap into it through msn > messenger..."what will they think of next?" :-) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Gilchrist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:52 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: System Alerts" spam news > > > > > > Great for annoying co-workers as it creates a pop-up and > > grabs the focus > > no matter what. > > It's a service that's been around for a long time, as old as NETBIOS. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:43 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: System Alerts" spam news > > > > > > Harkins,Patrick wrote: > > > Please, what is Windows Messenger? Anybody? And I don't mean msn > > > messenger. > > > > Windows Messenger is a service for system messages that is listed > > amongst the services in the control panel and can thus be disabled :) > > > > Jochem > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
