C Here is a sample session using NOTIFY.COM to notify the user when a 6 batch job running under another username is finished.     
 $ SH SYM DONE 7   DONE == "@DISK$DATA1:[FELDMAN.NOTIFY.V211]NOTIFY.COM"  $  $ TYPE WAIT.COM  $ WAIT 0:00:'P1' $ % $ SUBMIT/NOPRINT WAIT/PAR=20 /USER=FT : Job WAIT (queue SYS$BATCH, entry 705) started on SYS$BATCH $ 
 $ DONE 705   , Starting NOTIFY job for the following entry:   4   Entry  Jobname         Username     Blocks  Status4   -----  -------         --------     ------  ------7     705  WAIT            FT                   Executing +          On available batch queue SYS$BATCH O          Submitted 29-AUG-2003 12:20 /KEEP /PARAM=("20") /NOPRINT /PRIORITY=100 C          File: _NODEX$DKA200:[FELDMAN.NOTIFY]WAIT.COM;1 (executing)    @ Job NOTIFY-705 (queue SYS$BATCH, entry 706) started on SYS$BATCH   $ Will notify you via a REPLY message.    $    C Reply received on NODEX from user FELDMAN at NODEX Batch   12:20:27 Q NOTIFY: Job WAIT (entry 705) is done: %CLI-S-NORMAL, normal successful completion     $ 