tell

COMMAND

tell <player> <message>

  Send a message to a player. He can be anywhere in the game.
  You can abbreviate the name.  For example, 'tell so Hi buddy!' will
  tell sonic Hi buddy!  If both Sonic and Softbyte are both logged on
  you'll have to go tell son Hi! to indicate you mean Sonic.  Or heck,
  you can just type out Sonic's name in full, it won't hurt you.

tell <player>@<mudname> <message>
tell "<player>@<mudname>" <message>

  Send a message to a specific player in another mud. This mud must have
  been connected to One Step Beyond via the Mudlink service.  Type
  rpeers for a list.  Then rwho <mudname> to see who's over there.

tell <player>,<player>,...,<player> <message>

  Send all given players (which may also be of the <player>@<mudname>
  type or abbreviated) the message.  For example, tell sonic,softbyte,
  eilan,gorthaur I eat cheese   and it will inform your friends of your
  dieting habits.

tell back <message>

  Sends all recipients of the last tell you got the message.

tell same <message>

  Sends the message to the recipient(s) of your last tell.

See also:
  away, say, mudlink, echomode, ignore, rwho, rpeers, reply