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Good point! actually I am not sure, but I have tried net send. That gave a network unavailable, but that could mean that they have a personal firewall installed. I tried the talk or ntalk client for unix/linux, but no connection, which could simply mean, they don't have the talk deamon...

if that danger existed, i wouldn't go through all the trouble of letting them know who I am, what the post is all about, and not about Kazaa or BitTorrent. I *can* use theirs, i just want to not cost them money or trouble. Also, if I do send them a message and let them know me, they'd be...

If they have a flatrate they shouldn't care

Windows has the messaging service with the net send command, which is better switched off anyway. Does MacOSX has something similar? Arthur

Yes, that's what i have been telling myself also, so how can i ask them if it's ok to use it? constructive and helpfull replies welcome

Got a new computer, windows with a WLAN card. At home, i can connect to an Apple Network ec53e9. I assume, they have airport. I would like to send a message to a machine at their network of which i assume it's a MacOSX (maybe MacOS9). I would like to ask them, if it's ok to use their...