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Re: Biff crazy ..

1997-07-10 06:45:00
jme(_at_)c-art(_dot_)com (John_Eadie) writes:
I like to use `biff' in my  console (so I see all incoming
messages).  After installing  procmail, ordinary messages are
echoed as usual, but when an incoming message has something
in it that finds a match in my .procmailrc, I am
notified wrongly.

I get notification, seemingly, of the first mail message 
in my /var/mail mailbox!
...
BUT.  Messages are delivered to my /var/mail/jme mailbox,
and the IN.testing folder, respectively, but the console gets two 
*duplicate* messages that I enclose after the signature.  THe first 
is correct, it is the first incoming message.  The second is not, 
it should be the `MAIL WITH test IN IT' message!

Your comsat daemon is too old: it ignores the mailbox part of the biff
message.  You'll need to dig up a newer version (the linux or *BSD
versions should work) and install it.

Philip Guenther

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