BIFF(1) - General Commands Manual # BIFF(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # biff - be notified if mail arrives and who it is from
SYNOPSIS # biff [n | y]
DESCRIPTION # biff informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives during the current terminal session.
The options are as follows:
n
Disables notification.
y
Enables notification.
When mail notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of the message will be printed on your screen whenever mail arrives.
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COMSAT(8) - System Manager’s Manual # COMSAT(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # comsat - biff server
SYNOPSIS # 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(5) and inetd(8)). 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.
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FROM(1) - General Commands Manual # FROM(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # from - print names of those who have sent mail
SYNOPSIS # from [-f file] [-s sender] [user]
DESCRIPTION # from prints out the mail header lines from the invoker’s mailbox.
The options are as follows:
-f file
The supplied file is examined instead of the invoker’s mailbox. If the -f option is used, the user argument should not be used.
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MAIL.LOCAL(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAIL.LOCAL(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # mail.local - store mail in a mailbox
SYNOPSIS # mail.local [-Ll] [-f from] user …
DESCRIPTION # mail.local reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it to each user’s mail file. The user must be a valid user name.
The options are as follows:
-f from
Specify the sender’s name.
-L
Don’t create a username.
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MESG(1) - General Commands Manual # MESG(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # mesg - display (do not display) messages from other users
SYNOPSIS # mesg [n | y]
DESCRIPTION # The mesg utility is invoked by a user to control write access others have to the terminal device associated with the standard error output. Write access is allowed by default, and programs such as talk(1) and write(1) may display messages on the terminal.
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