# Table of contents:

# Introduction

NOT is a command introduced with MSNP5.

It is a Notification Server command, WITH a response payload.

Used to send notifications ("alerts") to the client.

# Client/Request

This command can not be sent from the client.

# Server/Response 

NOT length
payload

Where length is the size (in bytes) of the payload.

Where payload is a <NOTIFICATION> document.

# Examples

# Basic notification 

S: NOT 367
<NOTIFICATION ver="1" id="2" siteid="0" siteurl="http://example.com/">
    <TO pid="0x00000001:0x00000002" name="example@hotmail.com" />
    <MSG id="0">
        <ACTION url="alert?command=action" />
        <SUBSCR url="alert?command=change" />
        <BODY lang="1033" icon="alerticon_32x32.png">
            <TEXT>This is an example notification.</TEXT>
        </BODY>
    </MSG>
</NOTIFICATION>

# Extended notification

Since MSNP9. 

S: NOT 457
<NOTIFICATION ver="1" id="2" siteid="0" siteurl="http://example.com/">
    <TO pid="0x00000001:0x00000002" name="example@hotmail.com" />
    <MSG id="0">
        <ACTION url="alert?command=action" />
        <SUBSCR url="alert?command=change" />
        <BODY lang="1033" icon="alerticon_32x32.png">
            <TEXT>This is an example notification.</TEXT>
            <TEXTX>&lt;P&gt;This is an &lt;B&gt;extended&lt;/B&gt; notification!&lt;/P&gt</TEXTX>
        </BODY>
    </MSG>
</NOTIFICATION>

# Blog update notification

Since MSNP11. 

S: NOT 1264
<NOTIFICATION id="2" siteid="45705" siteurl="http://storage.msn.com/">
    <TO pid="0x00000001:0x00000002" name="example@hotmail.com">
        <VIA agent="messenger"/>
    </TO>
    <MSG id="0">
        <ACTION url="a.htm" />
        <SUBSCR url="s.htm" />
        <BODY>
            &lt;NotificationData
                xmlns:xsd=&quot;http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema&quot;
                xmlns:xsi=&quot;http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance&quot;
            &gt;
                &lt;SpaceHandle&gt;
                    &lt;ResourceID&gt;example1!101&lt;/ResourceID&gt;
                &lt;/SpaceHandle&gt;
                &lt;ComponentHandle&gt;
                    &lt;ResourceID&gt;example2!101&lt;/ResourceID&gt;
                &lt;/ComponentHandle&gt;
                &lt;OwnerCID&gt;4294967298&lt;/OwnerCID&gt;
                &lt;LastModifiedDate&gt;2024-10-26T09:33:27.1020000-08:00&lt;/LastModifiedDate&gt;
                &lt;HasNewItem&gt;true&lt;HasNewItem&gt;
                &lt;ComponentSummary&gt;
                    &lt;Component xsi:type=&quot;MessageContainer&quot;&gt;
                        &lt;ResourceID&gt;example2!102&lt;/ResourceID&gt;
                    &lt;/Component&gt;
                    &lt;Items&gt;
                        &lt;Component xsi:type=&quot;Message&quot;&gt;
                            &lt;ResourceID&gt;example2!101&lt;/ResourceID&gt;
                        &lt;/Component&gt;
                    &lt;/Items&gt;
                &lt;/ComponentSummary&gt;
            &lt;/NotificationData&gt;
        </BODY>
    </MSG>
</NOTIFICATION>

# Contact update notification

Since MSNP13. 

S: NOT 694
<NOTIFICATION id="2" siteid="45705" siteurl="http://contacts.msn.com/">
    <TO pid="0x00000001:0x00000002" name="example@hotmail.com">
        <VIA agent="messenger"/>
    </TO>
    <MSG id="0">
        <ACTION url="a.htm" />
        <SUBSCR url="s.htm" />
        <BODY>
            &lt;NotificationData
                xmlns:xsd=&quot;http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema&quot;
                xmlns:xsi=&quot;http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance&quot;
            &gt;
                &lt;Service&gt;ABCHInternal&lt;/Service&gt;
                &lt;CID&gt;4294967298&lt;/CID&gt;
                &lt;LastModifiedDate&gt;2024-10-26T09:33:27.1020000-08:00&lt;/LastModifiedDate&gt;
                &lt;HasNewItem&gt;false&lt;/HasNewItem&gt;
            &lt;/NotificationData&gt;
        </BODY>
    </MSG>
</NOTIFICATION>

# Invalid context

Inherited from being an unimplemented command. 

C: NOT 1 0

Server disconnects client.

# Known changes