Hi,

On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 12:16:52:AM -0600 David DeSimone wrote:
> J. Effendi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Can I use mutt to replace this kind of notification messages to all
> > users easily?  Where can I get more information about it?

> Others have answered your first question, but I have a suggestion.  You
> may wish to install and make use of the Samba package for this purpose. 
> I noticed that the "smbclient" program (that comes as part of Samba) has
> this option in its help screen:

>         -M host               send a winpopup message to the host

> So it sounds like this program, with some clever scripting, could be
> used to send pop-up messages to all the users you'd like to notify.

It works only if the host you want to send a message to is running and
has the required service enabled (don't know the name right now). Also
'smblient -M ...' doesn't know any delivery status. Messages are always
being sent with sucess.

Rocco

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