I don't want it to go away after X number of seconds on its on, just now allow a user to click 'ok' until that time is up. We only send the message to users it applys to anyway, as we don't do network broadcats to everyone, we insert the machine name, so we can pick and choose.
We already do it like this, and it hasn't prompted any phone calls yet! Although thats probably because people don't read them. I was just wondering if people used any other product rather than netsend, as its a bit basic. We have novell, and that has the novel message broadcast, but not all our machines use the novell client, and we're geting rid of it next month anyway. Anyway, don't want to take up more of the lists time & resources, as its not a VNC question, thanks for peoples input! Ben ========================================================== Triumph International Ltd Arkwright Road, Groundwell, Swindon, SN25 5BE Ben Blackmore I.T. Department Phone: +44 (0) 1793 720126 Fax: +44 (0) 1793 720179 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit us at: http://www.triumph-international.co.uk ========================================================== This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. ========================================================== "Carl" <wc4h@bellsouth. To: "VNC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> net> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: OT - Network Broadcast vnc-list-admin@r ealvnc.com 05/02/2003 01:40 Ditto. They won't read the messages anyway. Also, you have to consider people that are legitimately away from the PC. They will never see the message. When I was in IT, we had a net admin that sent messages all the time. They annoyed the heck out of people, who as you correctly stated, do not read them. The messages also had the drawback of spawning untold phone calls and /or emails asking for special extensions or asking questions like "does it apply to me?". Folks got annoyed and confused. Carl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph J. Greenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 7:40 PM Subject: Re: OT - Network Broadcast > I for one, as a network user, would find that INCREDIBLY annoying, unless it > said "this message will self-destruct in 5 seconds", and had a countdown > timer. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 3:29 AM > Subject: OT - Network Broadcast > > > > Hi, > > > > This is off topic, but I was wondering, as well have a lot of people on > the list who run a network, and remotly admin it! > > > > What do people use to do network broadcasts? At the moment we use a > netsend GUI, where we can enter a message, and the workstations > > names, press send, and a message appears on the screen of the worstations. > Works great, plus works on all workstations (NT/2K), as they > > all support it, we use it for sending messages like "Server will go down > in 5 minutes" or "please remember to phone IT if photocopier > > jams" etc. > > > > However, problem is, the message pops up, and people don't even read it, > they just click ok. I was wondering, is there any comms > > software, that will popup, and not allow people to close it, for say, 5 > seconds, or something. > > > > ========================================================== > > Triumph International Ltd > > Arkwright Road, Groundwell, Swindon, SN25 5BE > > > > Ben Blackmore > > I.T. Department > > > > Phone: +44 (0) 1793 720126 > > Fax: +44 (0) 1793 720179 > > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit us at: http://www.triumph-international.co.uk > > > > ========================================================== > > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have > > received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete > > the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. > > ========================================================== > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
