Kimmo.Suominen@lut.fi (Kimmo Suominen) (02/07/91)
Archive-name: mail/notifier/biff/1991-02-06
Archive: lut.fi:/unix/misc/biff.tar.Z [128.214.25.8]
Original-posting-by: Kimmo.Suominen@lut.fi (Kimmo Suominen)
Original-subject: Re: biff
Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti)
>>>>> On 3 Feb 91 16:10:58 GMT, majidi@yoko.rutgers.edu (Masoud Majidi) said:
Masoud> There is a UNIX BSD utility program called 'biff' which notifies the
Masoud> user about any incoming mail. Is there any similar program on HP-UX?
Masoud> If not, has anyone tried to write code with similar functionality.
Try fetching one from lut.fi using anonymous ftp. The file you are
looking for is
/unix/misc/biff.tar.Z
It implements both comsat (the biff server) and biff. You also need
to change your sendmail's local delivery agent. This is to notify
comsat, which in turn will notify the user.
This implementation also includes a networked feature, where you can
be notified about incoming on multiple hosts (of course they all need
to run this new comsat). Should work on Suns also, I have never
tried. And I don't use this networked feature, either.
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