Re: biff(1)
Hi,
If you use mailagent, then change the line in ~/.mailagent
from:
# Biffing support
biff : OFF # Whether biff is wanted
to
# Biffing support
biff : ON # Whether biff is wanted
Then you get biff like messages, but you can configure the
stuff mailagent sends you
manoj
======================excerpt from ~/.mailagent=============================
# Biffing support
biff : ON # Whether biff is wanted
biffhead : From, To, Subject # Which header fields should be printed
bifflen : 560 # Maximum body length printed anyway
bifflines: 7 # Maximum body lines printed
biffnl : ON # Turn to OFF to avoid blank body lines
biffmsg : ~/etc/biffmsg # Template format for biff (optional)
bifftrim : ON # Whether trim info should be part of biffing
bifftrlen: 2 # Minimal trimming length, in lines
biffquote: ON # Whether the attribution line should be shown
biffmh : OFF # Compact biffing message ala MH
biffnice : OFF # Whether compacted body should be reformatted
========================~/etc/biffmsg==================================
%b
New mail for %u has arrived in %f:
----
%-A
----%b
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>>"Tommy" == Tommy Lakofski <tommy@88.net> writes:
Tommy> Has anyone successfully managed to get biff to work in debian?
Tommy> i know there's some interaction with comsat, but i never worked
Tommy> out where comsat got messages from (something to do with
Tommy> procmail? <shudder>). FYI, using latest unstable sendmail as
Tommy> MTA.
Tommy> Many thanks for any assistance.
Tommy> TL
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executive on "Max Headroom"
Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:srivasta@acm.org>
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