LANegram - Windows Messenger Service was victimized as being vulnerable to messenger spam.

Right or wrong, the Windows Messenger Service was victimized as being vulnerable to "messenger spam." I suspect that users and the press Confused the Windows Messenger Service with IM applications such as MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger. In any case the Messenger Service is gone starting with Vista and disabled under later Windows XP Service Packs. People have been advised to use the MSG utility instead of NET SEND in order to send alerts within intranets. This can be problematic since MSG is part of Terminal Services (and its subset Remote Desktop) which is not present in all editions of Windows and may even be disabled on versions and editions of Windows that have it. Nonetheless many people relied on using NET SEND for putting out different kinds of administrative alerts, and they need an alternative. Home and small business users trying to use Vista or Windows 7 Home editions in particular are left with no out of Box solution. LANegram is one Attempt at a replacement for NET SEND and the Messenger Service. FeaturesCommand line Send.exe for sending broadcast or directed messages to users on the LAN. Tray application LANegram.exe monitors and displays incoming alerts. Supports alternate channels for subgroup messaging. Incoming alerts produce a tray popup balloon. Individual users can temporarily suppress balloons if engaged in a task this might disturb. Double-clicking the tray icon brings up a window displaying a list of recently received alerts. /NOEXIT switch can be used to suppress the Exit menu choice from the tray icon`s menu. LANegram can still be exited via "End Process" or Ctrl-X while the GUI window has Focus. Precompiled binary supplied as a Windows Installer package.