[H-GEN] comsat/biff question (fwd)

[A Bruce In The Land Of The Bruces]

Sent to incorrect list and lost in limbo for a bit.

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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:02:20 +1000
From: "Laurence J. Rietberg" <lr at cltr.uq.edu.au>
To: announce at humbug.org.au
Subject: comsat/biff question

Hi,

I have looked everywhere for comsat, and the only place I can find it is in
/etc/services.  I get the idea that my system (RH Linux 5.1) doesn't have
it.  I want to be notified when incoming mail arrives, but if I try issuing

biff y, 

I get a /dev/ttyp5: Operation not permitted error.

Anyone had any experience with the comsat daemon, and the biff utility?

cheers,

Laurence
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