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I keep an updated list of SMS Email addresses in my personal Gmail. More of a DR pre-caution... If Mail is done, network is down, etc, I can still contact everyone. Sam From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 2:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network Messaging (primarily for emergency) My past experience with relying on a computer to send time sensitive notifications is hit and miss. We find paging via intercom systems and office speakers to be the most effective. Is this not a possibility for you? On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Reimer, Mark <mark.rei...@prairie.edu> wrote: Back in the day, "net send" was used to send messages to users/computers. I tried msg.exe (Windows 7), but didn't have much luck. I understand I need to change a registry setting on all Windows 7 machines for this to work. I also understand that Net Send doesn't work on Windows (and needs message service turn on which is turned off by default), and msg.exe doesn't work for XP (unless there is a download for it????) We support XP and Windows 7, with a couple of Vista machines (all pro versions, i.e. no home versions). There are also a few Macs on the network. What can we do to support an emergency message to all "turned-on/connected to the lan" computers? Price will be a factor, so free is best J. Ideas? Thanks. Mark ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
