__/ [ Bert ] on Monday 22 May 2006 00:10 \__
> I'm looking for some software that will let me send messenger style 'Net
> Send' messages over my local LAN o several computers. Ideally I am looking
> for something that can be set up to send the same message at a set time
> period (say every 30 minutes all the time). Can anyone help with this one?
> or help me to set up XP to do ths job.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> Regards
How about one of the many instant messaging application that are available
for Linux? For cyclic tasks you could set up some cron jobs. To exchange
personal messages (correspondence), I personally use a Wiki. Alternatively,
you could send E-mails messages from one machine to another using a one-line
command. This can be easily set to become a cron job.
To borrow an example:
* 59 23 * * * /users/geoff/bin/mail-summary
* 30 16 * * 1-5 echo "Time to go home" | mailx -s "Get a life!" joebob
* 23 22 9,24 * * /usr/local/bin/print-paychecks
Source: http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~cs302/notes/cron.html
Hope it helps,
Roy
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