Net sendSends messages to other users, computers, or messaging names on the network.
Syntax
net send {Name | * | /domain[:Name] | /users} message
Parameters
Name
Specifies the user name, computer name, or messaging name to which you want to send the message. If the information that you supply contains spaces, use quotation marks around the text (for example, "Computer Name"). Long user names might cause problems when they are used as NetBIOS names. NetBIOS names are limited to 16 characters, and the sixteenth character is reserved.
*
Sends the message to all the names in your domain or workgroup.
/domain:Name
Sends the message to all the names in the computer's domain. You can specify Name to send the message to all the names in the specified domain or workgroup.
/users
Sends the message to all users connected to the server.
message
Required. Specifies the text of the message.
net help Command
Displays help for the specified net command.
Remarks
You can send a message only to a name that is active on the network. If you send the message to a user name, that user must be logged on and running the Messenger service to receive the message.
You can broadcast a message to all of the names in your computer's domain (use * or /domain) or to a different domain (/domain
omainName). Broadcast messages can contain up to 128 characters. Use discretion when you send messages to multiple users.
Examples
To send the message "Meeting changed to 3 P.M. Same place." to the user robertf, type:
net send robertf Meeting changed to 3 P.M. Same place.
To send a message to all users connected to the server, type:
net send /users This server will shut down in 5 minutes.
To send a message that includes a slash mark (/), type:
net send robertf "Format your disk with FORMAT /4"
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Format Meaning
Italic Information that the user must supply
Bold Elements that the user must type exactly as shown
Ellipsis (...) Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line
Between brackets ([]) Optional items
Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (|). Example: {even|odd} Set of choices from which the user must choose only one
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