1 NOTICE

     The NOTICE utility program from DECUS is used to maintain the
NOTICE  data base and issue short messages to users at login time.
These messages are  the  official  means  of  informing  users  of
important  news,  or  of  unusual  conditions  such  as  equipment
failures or emergency system maintenance.   NOTICE  items  may  be
posted  by  the operators, the system manager, or the applications
manager.
 
      You set up the NOTICE symbol by running a setup procedure,
putting  @LIB:[LIB.NOTICE]SETUP  in your LOGIN.COM file, for example.
 
Then just type  NOTICE  and follow further instructions to access the
currently posted Notices, using the standard VMS MAIL utility to 
select and display items.
 
     Quarterly archival versions of the NOTICE file are generated
with names such as NOTICE.85A/B/C/D .
