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From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: filter(1) disables biff (was "bell on new mail")
Keywords: filter, biff, inetd, comsat
Message-ID: <1990Oct16.160303.19442@DSI.COM>
Date: 16 Oct 90 16:03:03 GMT
References: <1990Oct15.175056.19427@dg-rtp.dg.com> <107204@convex.convex.com>
Reply-To: syd@DSI.COM
Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc.  Huntingdon Valley, PA
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piziali@convex.com (Andy Piziali) writes:
:I discovered today that the elm filter program does not notify inetd(8) of mail
:it delivers to /usr/spool/mail.  Inetd(8) tells comsat(8) about the new mail
:and, if the user has set biff set to "y" (/dev/tty* owner execute bit set),
:comsat(8) writes the bell and mail header to the tty.
Gee, I didn't know any MTA notified comsat, I thought it watched
/usr/spool/mail for timestamp changes.

:Syd, is there an
:easy fix to filter(1) we could install?
Nope.  Nor would there be.
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Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP                   Elm Coordinator
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