Sending Messages - IBM System 360 User Manual

Mail.. messages sent directly to you are automatical..ly del..eted by the
system after you receive them. Therefore the mail you get when you use
the LISTBC command are those messages available at log on time, if you
specified NOMAIL in your LOGON command, and those suppressed as a result
of the NO INTERCOM operand of the PROFILE command.
Af~er
you use the
LISTBC command to see your mail, the NOINTERCOM operand will again be in
effect.
If there are no messages available when ,you use the LISTBC command
you wil..l receive the following message:
NO BROADCAST MESSAGES
If you want to cancel the effect of the NOINTERCOM operand, enter:
profile intercom
You will receive any mail issued after you enter this command. To
obtain your mail messages issued before you entered INTERCOM, use the
LISTBC command.
SENDING MESSAGES
You can use the SEND command to send mail messages to another terminal
user or to a system operator. The SEND command can be used at any time
after you log on.
You can send a mail message to another user only if you know his user
identification. For example, the command:
send 'do not use procedure 245 until notified' user(jones,dept4)
will send the message enclosed in quotes to the two users whose
identifications are JONES and DEPT4.
When you send a message to another user, he will receive it
immediately provided that he is logged on and is accepting messages. If
he is not logged on or is not accepting messages" you are notified and
your message is deleted. For example, assume that SMITH is not logged
on, JONES is not accepting'messages, and CLARK is both logged on and
accepting messages. When you send the following message:
send 'this is a message' user (smith., jones"clark)
SMITH and JONES do not receive the message. you are notified, and the
message is deleted. CLARK receives the message.
You can request the system to save your message until the user you
sent it to logs on or decides to accept messages., by using the LOGON
operand of the SEND command. For example, if you enter:
send 'this is a message' user(smith,jones,clark) logon
SMITH will receive your message when he logs on, JONES will receive it
when he uses the LISTBC command, and CLARK will receive it immediately.
You can send a message to only one operator at a time. With the SEND
command~ you can identify an operator by a number. For example,
send 'important message' operator(7)
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