User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Command and Utility Summary
to the message log. When the Netpopup service and message logging are
both off, you only hear a beep when your workstation receives a message. In
this case, the message is neither saved nor logged in the message log.
A workstation receives messages sent to any of its aliases. A user does not
have to be logged on to the workstation for the aliases at the workstation to
receive messages.
Adding and Deleting an Alias
You can’t add an alias to your workstation if that alias is already in use on
the network. Similarly, you can’t start the Workstation service with a
computername that is in use as an alias at another workstation.
You can log on with a username that is in use elsewhere as an alias, but the
username isn’t added as an alias to your workstation, and you don’t receive
messages for that username at your workstation.
Use the /delete option to remove an alias. You can delete any alias in use at
your workstation except the computername.
Logging off deletes your username alias. Other aliases on your workstation,
including the computername, still receive messages as long as the
Workstation service is running.
NOTE: Before you can add new aliases, your administrator may need to make changes to the
nummsgnames keyword in the [messenger] section of the LANMAN.INI file.
Examples
• To view the list of aliases on your workstation, type:
net name
• To add the alias juliewo to your workstation, type:
net name juliewo
• To remove the alias juliewo from your workstation, type:
net name juliewo /delete