Winpopup from linux

It is possible to send winpop messages anonymously to Windows machines from linux using smbclient.
You can change the username which appears in the from section of the message

• Log on or telnet/ssh into a linux box
• Find the address of the target machine
• Run smbclient -M host -U username
• It should now say "Type your message, ending with a Control-D"
• Enter your message, press return, the control-D

Example

%smbclient -M pc209s -U Jesus

params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file
"/etc/samba/smb.conf": No such file or directory
Can't load /etc/samba/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it
added interface ip=144.32.177.203 bcast=144.32.177.255
nmask=255.255.254.0
Connected. Type your message, ending it with a Control-D
Praise the lord
sent 17 bytes