Article ID: 556005 - Last Review: September 23, 2007 - Revision: 1.0

A Message Can Not Be Sent Using Net Send Command

Author: Nirmal Sharma MVP

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SUMMARY

The following knowledgebase describes the problem when using Net Send command to send a message to remote computer or user.

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CAUSE

The Net Send will not send messages to users and computers

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RESOLUTION

The Net Send command can be used to send messages to the following users:

If user is activated.
If user is running Messenger Service on his local computer.
The user must be logged on to a computer and Messenger Service on local computer must be running in order to receive the message.

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If above conditions are not true the Net Send command will not work. The Net Send command requires the Messenger Service to be enabled on remote computer.

You can use the following options with Net Send command:

NET SEND {name | * | /DOMAIN[:name] | /USERS} message

name               Is the username, computername, or messaging name to send the message to. If the name is a computername that contains blank characters, enclose the alias in quotation marks (" ").

*                Sends the message to all the names in your group.

/DOMAIN[:name]         Sends the message to all the names in the workstation domain. If
                        name is specified, the message is sent to all the names in the specified
                       domain or workgroup.

/USERS         Sends the message to all users connected to the server.

message         Is text to be sent as a message.

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition

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