Network options
You can change the behavior of StickyNote with respect to its network communications through the Network settings dialog. To reach this dialog, click "Options" from the StickyNote main menu and choose the "Network" tab in the dialog which appears.
From here you can change a number of things. First, and perhaps most importantly, you can block incoming notes. Depressing the "Accept incoming notes" will tell StickyNote to deny broadcast requests from other machines. If this setting is on, you can choose a combination of other settings shown in the box below. You can have StickyNote hide incoming notes automatically. You can also have StickyNote display a message box when your own broadcasts get through successfully. If this option is not checked, StickyNote does not display a dialog on success. This does not mean that StickyNote does not check to see if the note came through properly. The only change this option makes is that it displays a dialog on success; the only reason to select it is for one’s own comfort and peace of mind.
Because StickyNote uses the Internet or your LAN as its transport mechanism, security concerns arise. Please read the Note transmission security section for more information on this. Also, viruses and virus transmission are often concerns with the Internet and server software. Please read the Virus security section for more information.
Some machines exhibit problems even with the simplest network functions. If your computer is having network problems while running StickyNote, you can disable all StickyNote network features by clicking the "Force network interface off" button. You should select this only if your network or other network programs are behaving erratically when StickyNote is running.
Also, you must make sure that StickyNote uses the appropriate protocol for your machine. If, for example, you are connecting with other machines over the Internet, or your machine has constant access to the Internet, your protocol should be TCP/IP. If you're using a LAN which is not connected to the Internet, through which the machines communicate, and your LAN uses a non-TCP/IP protocol such as IPX, you must set the appropriate button in the Network pane before you connect to the network.
It is a good idea to exit StickyNote after changing your network settings, and restart it again.