Net Send command.

[David Jones]

There is not, the net send command only recognizes and
uses computer names.

>-----Original Message-----
>Sorry if this question has been asked before. I don't
have an easy way to
>search previous questions.
>
>I can use "net send" from a command prompt to send
messages to others on my
>network. The problem is at their end they see the
message from my machine
>name, not my lan name. My lan name is already an alias
for my machine name.
>Is there a way to make the messages use my lan
name/alias instead of the
>machine name
>
>
>.
>

[Mike T]

That odd because I have two third-party utilities that use 'net send' do
exactly that. I'm trying to do the same from the command line because I find
the utilities too slow.

"David Jones" > wrote in message
...
> There is not, the net send command only recognizes and
> uses computer names.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sorry if this question has been asked before. I don't
> have an easy way to
> >search previous questions.
> >
> >I can use "net send" from a command prompt to send
> messages to others on my
> >network. The problem is at their end they see the
> message from my machine
> >name, not my lan name. My lan name is already an alias
> for my machine name.
> >Is there a way to make the messages use my lan
> name/alias instead of the
> >machine name
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Mike T]

Sorry for a second response. The net send command also understands aliases
in the 'to name' portion. That is, I type 'net send jbsmith ...', not 'net
send LDC-456342-D ...'.

Perhaps it is the messenger service that needs to be configured to use my
alias as the 'from' name

"David Jones" > wrote in message
...
> There is not, the net send command only recognizes and
> uses computer names.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sorry if this question has been asked before. I don't
> have an easy way to
> >search previous questions.
> >
> >I can use "net send" from a command prompt to send
> messages to others on my
> >network. The problem is at their end they see the
> message from my machine
> >name, not my lan name. My lan name is already an alias
> for my machine name.
> >Is there a way to make the messages use my lan
> name/alias instead of the
> >machine name
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[David Jones]

The /messenger/ service, which is what net send uses, may
be able to do so.

The net send command, itself, only uses computer names.

>-----Original Message-----
>That odd because I have two third-party utilities that
use 'net send' do
>exactly that. I'm trying to do the same from the command
line because I find
>the utilities too slow.
>
>"David Jones" >
wrote in message
...
>> There is not, the net send command only recognizes and
>> uses computer names.
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Sorry if this question has been asked before. I don't
>> have an easy way to
>> >search previous questions.
>> >
>> >I can use "net send" from a command prompt to send
>> messages to others on my
>> >network. The problem is at their end they see the
>> message from my machine
>> >name, not my lan name. My lan name is already an alias
>> for my machine name.
>> >Is there a way to make the messages use my lan
>> name/alias instead of the
>> >machine name
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>