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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.
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.\"	@(#)comsat.8	6.1 (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 listens for reports of incoming mail
and notifies users if they have requested this service.
.I Comsat
listens on a datagram port associated with the ``biff'' service
specification (see
.IR services (5))
for one line messages 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)
.SH BUGS
The message header filtering is prone to error.
.PP
Users should be notified of mail which arrives on other
machines than the one they are currently logged in to.
.PP
The notification should appear in a separate window so it
does not mess up the screen.
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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
	15	is the server process which listens for reports of incoming mail
	16	and notifies users if they have requested this service.
	17	.I Comsat
	18	listens on a datagram port associated with the ``biff'' service
	19	specification (see
	20	.IR services (5))
	21	for one line messages of the form
	22	.PP
	23	.ti +0.5i
	24	user@mailbox-offset
	25	.PP
	26	If the
	27	.I user
	28	specified is logged in to the system and the associated terminal has
	29	the owner execute bit turned on (by a ``biff y''), the
	30	.I offset
	31	is used as a seek offset into the appropriate mailbox file and
	32	the first 7 lines or 560 characters of the message are printed
	33	on the user's terminal. Lines which appear to be part of
	34	the message header other than the ``From'', ``To'', ``Date'',
	35	or ``Subject'' lines are not included in the displayed message.
	36	.SH FILES
	37	.DT
	38	/etc/utmp to find out who's logged on and on what terminals
	39	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	40	biff(1)
	41	.SH BUGS
	42	The message header filtering is prone to error.
	43	.PP
	44	Users should be notified of mail which arrives on other
	45	machines than the one they are currently logged in to.
	46	.PP
	47	The notification should appear in a separate window so it
	48	does not mess up the screen.