HOW TO "BUZZ" ANOTHER SIG USER For those of you that are still having trouble with the commands that send those "annoying little messages" that ring the console bell (or buzzer) and look like: ;;M100IG- Job 86: Meet me in CO? The following will give detailed step-by-step instructions. First, to see which users are in the SIG, type at the Function: prompt. [The "UST" and "SEN" commands may now be used from most prompts on the SIG - including (UA RE T), Leave option, and DL/XA n:] The list of users that will appear after a brief delay will be formatted like: Job User ID Node Prgm. 31 71266,1470 T08NAS SIG 36 72216,1415 T25QCC ACCESS 86 76703,446 T17BTM SIG 93 72416,1255 T22DCI ACCESS This tells you that the user with PPN 76703,446 is in this SIG, has JOB number 86, and is connected through phone node link T17 from Baltimore. If the PPN is unfamiliar, a quick look at the user log will give you the users name and entry time. You may then send that "annoying little message" by typing, at the Function: prompt [or whatever], the following command: SEN JOB 86 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm or SEN 86 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm where mmmmmmmm is a message up to 79 characters in length. If you see a message that says the system "Can't SENd" to that job, it means that the recipient has left the SIG. The message "That job is busy" means that that PPN is in the process of downloading or uploading a file, and can't be interrupted. If you don't get an immediate reply, it may be that the recipient is in the process of replying to a message so please exercise a little patience. Sysops may not be able to reply immediately, due to the work they might be doing in the data libraries, or elsewhere. Don't assume you are being ignored if you don't get a prompt reply. Prepared by Ron Luks 76703,254 Amended by Dave Thomas 76703,446 03-Sep-84