Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!hao!gatech!bbn!tron.bbn.com!jbatson From: jbatson@tron.bbn.com.bbn.com (James Batson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: UNIX NAME ABBREVIATIONS Message-ID: <18799@bbn.COM> Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 16:45:14 EST Article-I.D.: bbn.18799 Posted: Tue Nov 24 16:45:14 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Nov-87 06:37:55 EST References: <10376@brl-adm.ARPA> <16550@topaz.rutgers.edu> <388@cogen.UUCP> <6706@brl-smoke.ARPA> <1886@celtics.UUCP> <3811@ptsfa.UUCP> Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: jbatson@tron.bbn.com.UUCP (James Batson) Organization: BBN Advanced Computers, Inc., Cambridge, MA Lines: 10 Here's one I think we haven't covered before. What does "biff" (the mail alarm) stand for? Jay Batson If I had any opinions, I'd probably try to foist them off on my employer, so my opinions may (or may not) represent those of my employer....