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You can use the utility smbclient (part of samba server) to send a message to windows system from FreeBSD (or even from Linux/Solaris/UNIX).

Genral syntax of to send a message is as follows:
smbclient –M <WINDOW-SYSTEM-NAME> <<EOF
Message
Message
…
When the message is complete, press Control-D.

1) To send a message “Meeting cancelled” to windows system called joyxp
$ smbclient –M joyxp <<EOF
Meeting cancelled
See you at coffee house in 2 hrs.
--Vivek
EOF


2) With –U you can specify the username.
$ smbclient -M myxp -U VIVEK <<EOF
Meeting cancelled
See you at coffee house in 2 hrs.
EOF