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.\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
.\"
.\"	@(#)comsat.8	6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH COMSAT 8C ""
.UC 5
.SH NAME
comsat \- biff server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/comsat
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Comsat
is the server process which receives reports of incoming mail
and notifies users if they have requested this service.
.I Comsat
receives messages on a datagram port associated with the ``biff'' service
specification (see
.IR services (5)
and
.IR inetd (8)).
The one line messages are of the form
.PP
.ti +0.5i
user@mailbox-offset
.PP
If the
.I user
specified is logged in to the system and the associated terminal has
the owner execute bit turned on (by a ``biff y''), the
.I 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.
.SH FILES
.DT
/etc/utmp	to find out who's logged on and on what terminals
.SH "SEE ALSO"
biff(1), inetd(8)
.SH BUGS
The message header filtering is prone to error.
The density of the information presented is near the theoretical minimum.
.PP
Users should be notified of mail which arrives on other
machines than the one to which they are currently logged in.
.PP
The notification should appear in a separate window so it
does not mess up the screen.
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	2	.\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
	3	.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
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fb3f6c73	7	.TH COMSAT 8C ""
05d45a21 KM	8	.UC 5
	9	.SH NAME
	10	comsat \- biff server
	11	.SH SYNOPSIS
	12	.B /etc/comsat
	13	.SH DESCRIPTION
	14	.I Comsat
e8145b60	15	is the server process which receives reports of incoming mail
05d45a21 KM	16	and notifies users if they have requested this service.
05d45a21 KM	17	.I Comsat
e8145b60	18	receives messages on a datagram port associated with the ``biff'' service
05d45a21	19	specification (see
e8145b60 MK	20	.IR services (5)
	21	and
	22	.IR inetd (8)).
	23	The one line messages are of the form
05d45a21 KM	24	.PP
	25	.ti +0.5i
	26	user@mailbox-offset
	27	.PP
	28	If the
	29	.I user
	30	specified is logged in to the system and the associated terminal has
	31	the owner execute bit turned on (by a ``biff y''), the
	32	.I offset
	33	is used as a seek offset into the appropriate mailbox file and
	34	the first 7 lines or 560 characters of the message are printed
	35	on the user's terminal. Lines which appear to be part of
	36	the message header other than the ``From'', ``To'', ``Date'',
	37	or ``Subject'' lines are not included in the displayed message.
	38	.SH FILES
	39	.DT
	40	/etc/utmp to find out who's logged on and on what terminals
	41	.SH "SEE ALSO"
e8145b60	42	biff(1), inetd(8)
05d45a21 KM	43	.SH BUGS
05d45a21 KM	44	The message header filtering is prone to error.
e8145b60	45	The density of the information presented is near the theoretical minimum.
05d45a21 KM	46	.PP
05d45a21 KM	47	Users should be notified of mail which arrives on other
e8145b60	48	machines than the one to which they are currently logged in.
05d45a21 KM	49	.PP
	50	The notification should appear in a separate window so it
	51	does not mess up the screen.