User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

89
Sending and Receiving Messages
Reading Messages
Reading Messages
To receive messages from other users and from servers on the network, the
Messenger service must be started. The Netpopup service must be started if
you want messages to be displayed when you receive them.
NOTE: If you are using LAN Manager with Microsoft Windows, your administrator may
have configured your workstation to display messages only when the Windows
operating system is running. If you are not seeing messages (from other network
users or printer notifications, for example), see your administrator for information on
how to change the configuration so that your workstation will display messages.
When your workstation receives a message, the Netpopup service displays
the message in a message box on your screen for 1 minute. If the Netpopup
service is paused, you can read your messages in the message log. If your
workstation isn’t running the Netpopup and Messenger services, you can’t
read the messages you receive, but your workstation beeps when a message
arrives.
There are two ways to read messages: with the Netpopup service or in your
message log. The message log is a file that stores your messages when
they’re received. By default, LAN Manager Enhanced stores messages in
the MESSAGES.LOG file in the LANMAN.DOS\LOGS directory. Each
workstation has its own message log.
Using the Netpopup Service
When both the Messenger and Netpopup services are running, each new
message appears in a message box on your screen.
The following is a typical message box:
To remove a message box from the screen, press ESC. Otherwise, the mes-
sage box appears for one minute, and then disappears.
When you install LAN Manager on a workstation running the
Microsoft Windows operating system, the LAN Manager Setup program
installs the Winpopup utility instead of Netpopup. For details about Win-
popup, see the User’s Guide for Microsoft Windows Clients.