Broadcast
Sends a message to specified users, to users of a specified database, or to all users of a specified server.
Details
Use this command to warn users when a server is brought down for maintenance. By default, the message you enter appears in the user's status bar.
To display the
message in the middle of the user's screen, precede the message with (!)
.
Syntax
Broadcast "message" [usernames or database]
Broadcast "(!) message" [usernames or database]
Examples
Broadcast Server ACME will be down in 10 minutes -- Sends a warning message about impending maintenance on server ACME to all users on this server.
Broadcast (!) Server ACME will be down in 10 minutes -- Adding the parenthesis and exclamation mark (!) to the command string causes the message to display in the center of the screen.