Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!think.com!spool2.mu.edu!samsung!zaphod!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu!srp From: srp@babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: Biff Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 91 00:14:45 GMT References: <9101141208.AA29417@aero4.larc.nasa.gov> Sender: daemon@cgl.ucsf.edu Lines: 19 blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854") writes: > You could try xbiff or mailbox. I use mailbox. Of course both >require you to be on the graphics console. I have a version of NeWSbiff (originally written for Sun NeWS) that people can have if they want. It presents you with an envelope at the top of your screen that contains the text of the "From" address. You can then open it and examine the first N lines (about 24). It works via the .forward mechanism. Of course this will probably become obsolete when SGI stops the NeWS window manager. - Scott -- Scott Presnell +1 (415) 476-9890 Pharm. Chem., S-926 Internet: srp@cgl.ucsf.edu University of California UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!srp San Francisco, CA. 94143-0446 Bitnet: srp@ucsfcgl.bitnet