---
name: "snpp"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "sendpage-client"
version: "1.0.3-1.1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/snpp"
---

# snpp(1p)

send pages via SNPP

## NAME

snpp - send pages via SNPP

## SYNOPSIS

snpp \[OPTIONS\] recipient...

## OPTIONS

- \-s SERVER\[:PORT\]

  Connect to the specified SERVER (and PORT, if given).  Default is "localhost:444".

- \-f USER

  Show that the sent page is coming from USER.  Default is the current user.

- \-m MESSAGE

  Send the given MESSAGE instead of reading text from stdin.

- \-n

  Do not notify the 'from' user about the status of the page.

- \-d

  Display SNPP session debugging.

- \-C CONF

  Read CONF instead of /etc/sendpage/snpp.conf for server default.

- \-h

  Display a summary of all the available command line options.

## DESCRIPTION

This tool is used to send a page via the Simple Network Paging Protocol (level 2).  It is designed to be used with 'sendpage', but should work with any other SNPP servers as well.

The /etc/sendpage/snpp.conf file can contain a single line in the form of

```
        server:ADDRESS[:PORT]
```

where ADDRESS and PORT are the defaults for snpp.

## AUTHOR

Kees Cook \<kees@outflux.net\>

## BUGS

Not much happening in this tool, but I bet the use of "CALLer id" is not standard, and other SNPP server may require this tool run with the '-n' option all the time.

## COPYRIGHT

snpp is free software; it can be used under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

## SEE ALSO

[**perl**(1)](/perl/1.md), [**sendpage**(1)](/sendpage/1.md), **Net::SNPP**(3)