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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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