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32.\" @(#)comsat.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
33.\" $FreeBSD: head/libexec/comsat/comsat.8 79529 2001-07-10 10:49:54Z ru $
34.\"
35.Dd June 4, 1993
36.Dt COMSAT 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm comsat
40.Nd biff server
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Nm Comsat
45is the server process which receives reports of incoming mail
46and notifies users if they have requested this service.
47.Nm Comsat
48receives messages on a datagram port associated with the
49.Dq biff
50service
51specification (see
52.Xr services 5
53and
54.Xr inetd 8 ) .
55The one line messages are of the form:
56.Pp
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92Users should be notified of mail which arrives on other
93machines than the one to which they are currently logged in.
94.Pp
95The notification should appear in a separate window so it
96does not mess up the screen.
97.Sh HISTORY
98The
99.Nm
100command appeared in
101.Bx 4.2 .
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3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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32.\" @(#)comsat.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
33.\" $FreeBSD: head/libexec/comsat/comsat.8 79529 2001-07-10 10:49:54Z ru $
34.\"
35.Dd June 4, 1993
36.Dt COMSAT 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm comsat
40.Nd biff server
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Nm Comsat
45is the server process which receives reports of incoming mail
46and notifies users if they have requested this service.
47.Nm Comsat
48receives messages on a datagram port associated with the
49.Dq biff
50service
51specification (see
52.Xr services 5
53and
54.Xr inetd 8 ) .
55The one line messages are of the form:
56.Pp
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92Users should be notified of mail which arrives on other
93machines than the one to which they are currently logged in.
94.Pp
95The notification should appear in a separate window so it
96does not mess up the screen.
97.Sh HISTORY
98The
99.Nm
100command appeared in
101.Bx 4.2 .