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From: ray3rd@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ray E Saddler III)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Biff/Comsat/Notification problem (revisited)
Keywords: I still don't have a solution.....
Message-ID: <2229@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 15 Sep 88 15:58:25 GMT
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
Lines: 27


Hello again,

	A few articles ago I asked why I wasn't being notified about
	new incomming mail.

	I gave an example of my /etc/inetd.conf and the
	/etc/services entry for biff and comsat.

	Well.....I've received many (polite I might add!) responses
	from concerned parties suggesting that I may not haved run
	'biff y' in my login files (.profile for sh, .login and
	.cshrc for csh).

	Yes, I have biff autmatically set to 'y' on login and I
	still am not notified.  I've considered the thought that my
	/dev/console permissions won't allow write by daemon, so
	after a chmod 777 I still get a blank stare when new mail
	arrives.         

	Still a confused mail recipient...Ray


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