Name

biff

Synopsis

                  biff [arguments]

Notify user of mail arrival and sender’s name. biff operates asynchronously. Mail notification works only if your system is running the comsat(8) server. The command biff y enables notification, and the command biff n disables notification. With no arguments, biff reports biff’s current status.

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