User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Enhanced Reference
Command and Utility Summary
The net log command controls the way messages are saved. You can stop
and start message logging, change the name of the file that stores the
messages, and print messages as they’re received.
You can read the message log file with the MS-DOS type command. Use the
MS-DOS more command to read the log file one screen at a time.
You can stop message logging with the /off option and still view messages
when the Netpopup service is running. When the Netpopup service is
stopped and message logging is off, your workstation emits a beep when it
receives a message but neither displays nor logs the message.
Instead of storing your messages in a message log, you can print your
messages as soon as they arrive. Note that you cannot print and then store
messages. Messages that are printed are not stored in the message log.
Examples
• To see if message logging is on and what the message log filename is, type:
net log
• To change the name of the message log file from MESSAGES.LOG to
NOVEMBER.LOG, type:
net log november
• To print messages directly to the printer attached to LPT1:, type:
net log lpt1:
See Also
For information about See
Logging messages Chapter 4, “Sending and Receiving Messages”
Starting the Messenger
service
Net Start Messenger