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From: ziegast@ENG.UMD.EDU (Eric Ziegast)
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Subject: Re: xbiff with automagic-incing
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Date: 25 Oct 90 05:03:05 GMT
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Mark writes:
>I am using mh and am usually logging in from an xterminal.
>I have my mail automagically inc-ed using .forward and  .maildelivery
>(thanks to this notesfile)
>
>Anyone out there care to share with me how you would use xbiff to
>monitor ~/mail/mh/1, to consider it true?  If the file dne, my xbiff
>breaks down and never shows up (I guess it wants a file of length 0??)

The method I used in my last message "should" work.  I haven't tested
it, though. I'll try it tomorrow and see what happens. (I can't do much
with a VT100 form home.)
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Eric W. Ziegast, University of Merryland, Engineering Computing Services
ziegast@eng.umd.edu - Eric@[301.405.3689]