Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax.berkeley.edu!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!edison!ta2 From: ta2@edison.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: (none) Message-ID: <8510250300.AA05096@edison.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 23:00:58 EST Article-I.D.: edison.8510250300.AA05096 Posted: Thu Oct 24 23:00:58 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Oct-85 03:21:51 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 37 Approved: info-vax@ucbvax.berkeley.edu I am looking for some form of a system notices utility for VMS. Back in my DEC-10 days, I had a utility called SCOOP from University of Texas @ Austin (UTA). If SCOOP was invoked with no arguments - as part of the user login - a user would see headlines of system messages; ie: [15] GOBAT 2.3 Fixes rooted directory problem [16] Wheel and keptemacs are back in harmony If the user wished more information he could type "SCOOP article-number". Users only saw headlines once. SCOOP also had a feature that would allow for important messages - like "SYSTEM DOWN TONIGHT" - to be displayed at every login. About a year ago; I talked to someone at UTA to see if they had ported SCOOP to VMS. I was told they had not; they were using BULLETIN or BBOARD or somesuch - and that what they were using was available on Arpanet. At the time I was in another department and did not have access to USEnet, or Arpa, or anything else. Does anyone have/know of something similar to what I described above? Please contact by E-mail or bell-o-phone; UUCP path from the ucbvax (and harvard?) gateway and my phone number are below. As an aside; I saw a passing reference a month or so ago to something called BULLETIN by/from Mark London (MRL@PFCVAX). Is this like SCOOP? I can't seem to send E-mail to him; every path I have tried comes back with PFCVAX being an unknown host. Thanks in advance for any and all help. ............... tom allebrandi 2, general electric automation controls operation UUCP: ...ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!edison!ta2 or ...harvard!seismo!scgvaxd!edison!ta2 box 8106, charlottesville, va, 22906 (804) 978-5566 ...............