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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: [NETBSD] Biff Doesn't Work Message-ID: <1993Jun9.183418.24923@coe.montana.edu> Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: CS References: <1993Jun9.100225.2077@yvax.byu.edu> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 18:34:18 GMT Lines: 17 In article <1993Jun9.100225.2077@yvax.byu.edu> bkh@nephi-hbll.byu.edu (Brian K. Holman) writes: >I have been unable to get the system to notify me of new mail while >on-line. I use 'biff y' but it doesn't seem to make a difference. >Is comsat broken in NetBSD or am I doing something wrong? Thanks in >advance. For some strange reason (??), the NetBSD gang commented out the biff line in /etc/services. Why???? Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | Still trying to find a good reason for nate@cs.montana.edu | these 'computer' things. Personally, work #: (406) 994-4836 | I don't think they'll catch on - home #: (406) 586-0579 | Don Hammerstrom