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1.1     ! root        1: .TH COMSAT 8C "18 July 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: comsat \- biff server
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /etc/comsat
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Comsat
        !             9: is the server process which listens for reports of incoming mail
        !            10: and notifies users if they have requested this service.
        !            11: .I Comsat
        !            12: listens on a datagram port associated with the ``biff'' service
        !            13: specification (see
        !            14: .IR services (5))
        !            15: for one line messages of the form
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: .ti +0.5i
        !            18: user@mailbox-offset
        !            19: .PP
        !            20: If the
        !            21: .I user
        !            22: specified is logged in to the system and the associated terminal has
        !            23: the owner execute bit turned on (by a ``biff y''), the
        !            24: .I offset
        !            25: is used as a seek offset into the appropriate mailbox file and
        !            26: the first 7 lines or 560 characters of the message are printed
        !            27: on the user's terminal.  Lines which appear to be part of
        !            28: the message header other than the ``From'', ``To'', ``Date'',
        !            29: or ``Subject'' lines are not included in the displayed message.
        !            30: .SH FILES
        !            31: .DT
        !            32: /etc/utmp      to find out who's logged on and on what terminals
        !            33: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            34: biff(1)
        !            35: .SH BUGS
        !            36: The message header filtering is prone to error.
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: Users should be notified of mail which arrives on other
        !            39: machines than the one they are currently logged in to.
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: The notification should appear in a separate window so it
        !            42: does not mess up the screen.

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