comsat(ADMN)
comsat --
biff server
Syntax
/etc/comsat
Description
comsat is the server process which receives
reports of incoming mail and notifies users if they have
requested this service. comsat receives messages
on a datagram port associated with the ``biff'' service
specification (see
services(SFF)
and
inetd(ADMN)).
The one line messages are of the form:
user@mailbox-offset
If the user specified is logged in to the system
and the associated terminal has the owner execute bit
turned on (by a ``biff y''), the offset is used
as a seek offset into the appropriate mailbox file and the
first 7 lines or 560 characters of the message are printed
on the user's terminal. Lines which appear to be part of
the message header other than the ``From'', ``To'',
``Date'', or ``Subject'' lines are not included in the
displayed message.
Notes
The message header filtering is prone to error. The
density of the information presented is near the
theoretical minimum.
Users should be notified of mail which arrives on other
machines than the one to which they are currently logged in.
Files
/etc/utmp to find out who is logged on and on what terminals
See also
biff(TC),
inetd(ADMN)
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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003