messaging like Unix system

[aliank]

I'll like to make an application that can run under intranet enviroment. How do we make a messaging application like the messaging in the unix system, where i can contact all the users that are in the system and send them a msg for example a msg to stop their activity???

thanks...

[Mark Sreeves]

what sort of network is it?

on NT PCs you can use "net send" from a dos prompt

On UNIX each terminal monitor is treated as another network device making it very easy to divert output from one pc to another.



(When I was at University we had great fun sending escape colour codes to other people's displays)

[aliank]

actually i want to develop an application that behave like the messaging system using vb. I'm using PC under win98. Thanks for your reply..