Ref: 99960004 Title: 3+ 1.3.1 User's Release Notes version 1.3.1 #3370-01 Date: 05-23-88 Copyright 3Com Corporation, 1991. All rights reserved. 3+ 1.3.1 User's Release Notes 3+ Version 1.3.1 Part Number 3370-01 6/88 This release note contains the following user information: .BR;Name Conflict Detected .BR;The New SENDMSG Command Name Conflict Detected To minimize phone charges, NetBIOS defers phone dialing until the latest possible time. Unless a NetBIOS application requires a specific workstation name, leave the SETNAME parameters in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file as $$3COM$$. Otherwise, when the deferr ed phone connection is finally attempted, NetBIOS may display a Name conflict detected message. SETNAME normally requires access to the Locator when the workstation boots. 3Com uses a proprietary form of the ADD NAME command that does not access the Locator (and thereby checks for the uniqueness of the workstation's name) until some other access is required. This ensures that 3+Remote users do not incur phone charges by just starting up their machines. The message Name conflict detected may be displayed if the name specified by SETNAME is not unique. To avoid this problem, make sure your local or remote workstation has a unique name by always using the default $$3COM$$ name (which uses the network adapter address as the station name). The New SENDMSG Command SENDMSG Sends messages from user to user. .BR;Format .BR;SENDMSG .BR;Parameters .BR;None .BR;Remarks .BR;The SENDMSG command allows you to send messages to other users on the network. When you send a message with SENDMSG, the message is instantly displayed on the recipient's screen, regardless of the application program the recipient is running. When you enter the SENDMSG command at any DOS prompt, the message form is displayed. NOTE: If your form contains two destination fields, Broadcast Destination and Directed Destination, you are a user with Network Administrator capability. An Administrator's message form is slightly different than a user's form. Refer to the 3+Share Administrator's Guide for instructions. The fields are explained below: Default Domain: Contains the name of your default domain. This field cannot be changed. If you intend to send a message to someone who is not a part of your default domain, you need to enter the correct domain in the destination field. Default Organization: Contains the name of your default organization This field cannot be changed. As with the default domain, you need to enter the correct organization in the destination field if you intend to send the message to someone who is not a part of your default organization. Priority Level: Sets the priority level of the message. The value can be from 0 to 9 with 0 the highest priority. Priority levels 0 through 2 are typically reserved for use by the Network Administrator. Only network administrators can assign a priority level of 0 to a message. Users can use the priority level to ignore or mask out messages from other users and the network administrator. For example, a user can configure the netstation to ignore messages with priority levels of 3 to 9 and display only those with a priority of 0 through 2. This prevents the user from being interrupted by unnecessary messages. (For complete details on message priorities, see your network administrator.) Message Destination: You enter in this field the destination of your message. The destination is the name of a user, group, or domain. For example, to send a message to user John Smith you enter: John Smith If the user is not a member of your default domain or organization, this information must be entered along with the name. (Your default domain and organization are displayed at the top of the form.) For example, to send a message to user John Smith in the Sales domain, enter: John Smith:Sales To send a message to all the users of a domain, enter the name of the domain preceded by an asterisk (*). For example, entering the following command in the Directed Destination field sends your message to all users in the Sales domain. *:Sales You can also send your message to all the members of a group, such as a mail group. This entry in the Message Destination field distributes your message to everyone in the group docstaff in the Sales domain. docstaff:sales Message Field: This is the field where you enter your message. A message can be up to two lines, with 74 characters per line. Special characters (for example, %, +, =) are allowed. .BR;Receiving a Message .BR;When you receive a message from another user, it looks like this on your screen: You clear the message from the screen by typing C for clear. The message disappears and you can resume work. You cannot continue with your work until the message is cleared from the screen. You can also clear the message but keep it in the computer's memory, possibly to recall it later, with the [Esc] key. When you press [Esc], the message disappears but remains in memory. To recall the message, you press the hot key, which is a combination of three keys. The default hot key combination is [Alt]+[Left Shift]+[R]. You can adjust two features of the message program when a message is on the screen. The first is the netstation beep. If you do not want your netstation to beep every time a message arrives, type the letter B. This toggles the netstation beep on and off. If you turn it off, the netstation will not beep. This continues until you either turn off or reset your netstation, at which time the beep is turned on again. If you want to permanently turn off the beep, refer to the 3+ Administrator Guide. The second feature is referred to as the AUTO feature. When AUTO is turned on, a message from another user automatically appears on your screen. This is the default. If you turn the feature off by typing the letter A, a received message remains hidden until you display it with the hot key. As with the netstation beep, this continues until you turn off or reset your netstation, at which time the AUTO feature is turned on again. We do not recommend that you turn off both the netstation beep and the AUTO feature; otherwise you will have no way of knowing when you have received a message. Changes to the message program are made with the RECVMSG command. For details on the RECVMSG command, see your network administrator.