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Mail and Broadcast Messages

How do I turn off the manager’s broadcast messages?

When you create or modify a job, use the /PROMPT qualifier and answer no to the Notify prompt. (The default answer is yes, notify on completion.)

Example

 

SCHEDULE> CREATE/PROMPT

_VMS Command: @dua1:[example.notes]nightly_notes.com

_Job Name [None] : extract_notes

_Group [None] : notes_group

_Type [None] : nightly

_Stall Notify [None] :

_Stall Time Job [None] :

_Schedule Interval [None] : d 03:00

_Days [ALL]: (all,nosat,nosun)

_Special Day Restrictions [None] :

_Start Time [15-JAN-2012 03:00:00.00] :

_Output file [None] :dua1:[example.notes]nightly_log

_Mode (Detached, Batch, Remote [DETACHED] :)

_Cluster Node [Default] :

_Retain (Success, Error, None or All) [ALL]:

_Restart (Yes, No [Yes]:) N

_Retry (Yes, No [No]:)N

_Notify (Yes, No [No]:

_Send_Mail (All, Error, Success or None) [NONE]:)error

_Send MAIL on Special Day Action (Yes, No [No]:

_Use_next_time (Yes, No) [No]:

OPCOM (Yes, No) [No] :

_Mail_Address [EXAMPLE] :

_User_Name [EXAMPLE] :

_Run Priority [Default] :

_Pre Function [None] :

_Post Function [None] :

_Maximum Time Warning [None] :

_Maximum Time Job [None] :

_LBAL Group [None] :

_Synchronization [None] :

_Comment [None] : This job extracts nightly notes

%NSCHED-I-RQSTSUCCSS, Job 1 – Created

You could also use /NONOTIFY with SCHEDULE CREATE or SCHEDULE MODIFY, as follows:

SCHEDULE> CREATE "@user$s:[smith]foo.com" -
_SCHEDULE> /INTER="+0 00:30" -
_SCHEDULE> /GROUP=personal -
_SCHEDULE> /TYPE=daily -
_SCHEDULE> /NAME=myjob
_SCHEDULE> /NONOTIFY/NOPROMPT
%NSCHED-I-RQSTSUCCSS, Job          2 - Created

How do I send mail notification to a distribution list instead of a single user?

Use the following command:

SCHEDULE> MODIFY job_name
/MAIL_ADDRESS="@device:[directory]filename.DIS"

The default location for files referenced in the manager (such as output files and files referenced in the OpenVMS command) is the owner’s SYS$LOGIN. You must specify the exact device and directory if the file is not in SYS$LOGIN.

You must enclose the mail distribution list in quotation marks.