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2 __NAME__
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5 comsat - biff server
6 __SYNOPSIS__
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9 comsat
10 __DESCRIPTION__
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13 Comsat is the server process which receives reports of
14 incoming mail and notifies users if they have requested this
15 service. Comsat receives messages on a datagram port asso-
16 ciated with the ``biff'' service specification (see
17 services(5) and inetd(8)). The one line
18 messages are of the form:
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21 user@mailbox-offset
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24 If the ''user'' specified is logged in to the system and
25 the associated terminal has the owner execute bit turned on
26 (by a ``biff y''), the ''offset'' is used as a
27 seek offset into the appropriate mailbox file and the first
28 7 lines or 560 char- acters of the message are printed on
29 the user's terminal. Lines which appear to be part of the
30 message header other than the ``From'' or ``Subject'' lines
31 are not included in the output.
32 __FILES__
33 /var/run/utmp
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36 to find out who's logged on and on what termi-
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40 __SEE ALSO__
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43 biff(1), inetd(8)
44 __BUGS__
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47 The message header filtering is prone to error. The density
48 of the information presented is near the theoretical mini-
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52 Users should be notified of mail which arrives on other machines than the one to which they are currently logged in.
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55 The notification should appear in a separate window so it
56 does not mess up the screen.
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59 Please report bugs to netbug@ftp.uk.linux.org and include
60 diffs/patches, compiler error logs or as complete a bug
61 report as you are able.
62 __HISTORY__
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65 The comsat daemon appeared in 4.2 BSD
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2 perry 69 Linux !NetKit (0.17-pre-20000412)July 31, 1999
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