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Re: [NEWBIE] "New mail is arrived... " message

2002-02-09 10:07:38
Onofrio Panzarino <onof80(_at_)libero(_dot_)it> writes:
i use  procmail on  my machine under  gnu-linux (console) slack  8. at
every new mail  arrival, procmail shows his message  on every terminal
and shows the beginning of the mail.  well, i would like turn off this
feature,  but  i  can't  find  any  information  about  on  procmail's
man.

This feature is from something called 'comsat' and there are two ways
to turn it off:
1) run "biff n" in each terminal window.  This tells the comsat daemon
   not to display these messages in each terminal you run it in.  Putting
   that command in your .login or .bash_profile should cause it to be run
   in every login session.

2) Put COMSAT=no in your .procmailrc.  That tells procmail not to send any
   notices to the comsat daemon, so it will never bug you.

For more details, try reading the biff(1) or comsatd(1) manpages, or
look for COMSAT in the procmailrc(5) manpage.


Philip Guenther
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