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

[Laurence J. Rietberg]

It looks as if comsat/biff are rpm'ed in the same package.  I got biff to
work by a message showing up when I press Enter, and /var/spool/mail/$USER
has changed.  

What I would really like is if I can get mail notification that pops up on
the screen, rather than when I press the enter key.  

any ideas are appreciated.
regards,

Laurence

>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?

that last qn is okay now. 

l
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