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From: nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Subject: Re: [NETBSD] Biff Doesn't Work
Message-ID: <1993Jun9.183418.24923@coe.montana.edu>
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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 18:34:18 GMT
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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

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