Windows 2000 cmd prompt question...

[DarknessDragonm2k]

Hi I am a newcomer here so if I am asking a question that has seemed to be ver redundant, I am sorry and hopefully you can just point me in the right direction to a previous thread...otherwise...here we go...

My question is, if is it possible to send someone a windows message from your computer if you know their IP address? I have been trying to use this cmd prompt in windows 2000:

net send (IP adress) (message)

this has not been working because it says that the person is not on my network...therefore I concluded that net send does not work for sending messages to those who are not on their network...is this true? Is there any other way to send a windows message to someone without them being on your network? If so, what would the cmd prompt look like...remember this is for Windows 2000...thanx.

[Force Flow]

Welcome to PCMech, DarknessDragonm2k!

It could be that they have the messenger services turned off.

[DarknessDragonm2k]

Thanks for the welcoming...

It could be that they have the messenger services turned off.

Yes, I was told by a friend of mine that their messenger may be turned off, he told me also that many ISPs shut this feature out through firewalls...however...if the messenger is on, do they have to be connected to my network in order to receive the message, or is the internet itself a good enough network? Basically, I just want to know if I can use net send to send someone a message if they are not on my local network...as long as I have their IP address?

I use...

net send (IP address) (message)

is this what I should use to send them a message?