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Controlling messages and online conversations

z/OS UNIX System Services User's Guide
SA23-2279-00

You can use the mesg command to control whether other users can send messages to your terminal with talk, write, or similar commands.

To let other people send you messages, issue:
mesg y
To tell the system not to let other people send you messages, issue:
mesg n
To display the current setting without changing it, issue:
mesg

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