Sending a note directly to another computer
You can send a note through your LAN or the Internet directly to another computer. Your note will pop up on the target machine immediately, in the same position, with the same color and settings as it had on your local machine.
To accomplish this, right-click the note to send and choose "Computer…" from the "Send to" item on the menu which appears. You will then be prompted to type the computer’s name. You can type the Windows DNS name (e.g. "Cunegonde"), an Internet DNS name (e.g. "machine.tenebril.com") or an Internet IP address (e.g. "123.456.248.98"). When you click "OK," your note will be sent.
You can also look up the target machine in your address book. For more information, see "The Addressbook." As you type, the address book will autocomplete your text using its closest entries.
StickyNote executes a number of checks over the network to make sure your note gets through properly. If it does not, a message box containing the reason for the error will appear. If no message box appears, your note got through properly. You can also instruct StickyNote to display a confirmation dialog when your messages get through successfully if you wish.
In addition, you can tell StickyNote not to accept notes from other computers. Just as you can send notes to anyone else in the world, anyone else can send them to you. Perhaps you don’t want notes popping up on your desktop. For information on telling StickyNote to block incoming notes, see the Network advanced topic help.
If you don’t know your computer’s name on the network, you can check the Information dialog. If you are properly connected to a network, in the "Computer name" field of the Information dialog you will see your computer’s IP address. Other StickyNote users can use this address to send you notes. To get to the Information dialog, from the StickyNote main menu choose the "Information" item.
You should also check this Information dialog to make sure you are connected to the network. If you log on to your network while StickyNote is running, it may take up to a minute for StickyNote to initialize its server code and interface itself with your network. To check to make sure StickyNote is ready for others to send you notes, you can use the Information dialog.