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In article <1991Feb22.192111.23979@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu
	(Neil Rickert) writes:
>>In article <1991Feb19.073900.13631@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au>
>>	ccandrew@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Andrew Vellnagel) writes:
>>>	I am using Sun OS 4.1 and the mail system is mmdf.  In my .login I
>>>issue the command 'biff y' yet when mail is sent to me I am not informed.
>[...]
> A common problem, however, is that on Sun's often the mail is delivered on
>a file server, whereas you are logged into a different client work station.

Another problem is that there is a bug in SunOS 4.1 in.comsat. It is
tickled when your username has eight chars (like palkovic or
ccandrew). The upshot is you don't get biff'ed, even if you have done
a "biff y." You can get the source for in.comsat from uunet and roll
your own or get the patch from Sun. If anyone wants the home rolled
version for a Sparc send me mail.

This was posted in comp.sys.sun a few weeks ago:

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|From: dmk@reykjavik.njin.net (David M. Katinsky)
|Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
|Subject: Re: Sun 4.1.1 'biff y' problem :-(
|Message-ID: <1500@brchh104.bnr.ca>
|Date: 28 Jan 91 21:32:42 GMT
|X-Refs:  Original: v10n31
|X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 31, message 5
|X-Note: Submissions: sun-spots@rice.edu, Admin: sun-spots-request@rice.edu

shahryar@eris.berkeley.edu (Persian Nightmare) writes:

>I have a problem with the 'biff y' command on our Sun 4.1.1 system.  Ever
>since we have switched to Sun 4.1 OS, I have never been able to get the
>'biff y' command to work.  The weird thing is that only a few users does
>this command work for, and for some it doesn't {including our Sys Admin}.

I sent a source-code bug fix to Sun. It is filed as bug id 1047697.

If memory serves (and it's been several months) the problem affects users
with 8 character usernames.

David M. Katinsky
dmk@pilot.njin.net, dmk@njin.BITNET, {njin, rutgers}!dmk


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