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author | Cameron Katri <me@cameronkatri.com> | 2021-05-09 14:20:58 -0400 |
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diff --git a/mail_cmds/comsat/comsat.8 b/mail_cmds/comsat/comsat.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f73c78 --- /dev/null +++ b/mail_cmds/comsat/comsat.8 @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: comsat.8,v 1.6 1998/07/04 19:38:39 mrg Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)comsat.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt COMSAT 8 +.Os BSD 4.2 +.Sh NAME +.Nm comsat +.Nd biff server +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl l +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is the server process which receives reports of incoming mail +and notifies users if they have requested this service. +.Nm +receives messages on a datagram port associated with the +.Dq biff +service +specification (see +.Xr services 5 +and +.Xr inetd 8 ) . +The one line messages are of the form: +.Pp +.Dl user@mailbox-offset +.Pp +If the +.Em user +specified is logged in to the system and the associated terminal has +the owner execute bit turned on (by a +.Dq Li biff y ) , +the +.Em offset +is used as a seek offset into the appropriate mailbox file and +the first 7 lines or 560 characters of the message are printed +on the user's terminal. Lines which appear to be part of +the message header other than the +.Dq From , +.Dq \&To , +.Dq Date , +or +.Dq Subject +lines are not included in the displayed message. +.Sh OPTIONS +The +.Nm +program supports this option: +.Bl -tag -width 12345 +.It Fl l +The +.Fl l +option turns on +.Xr syslogd 8 +log messages. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/run/utmpx -compact +.It Pa /var/run/utmpx +to find out who's logged on and on what terminals +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr biff 1 , +.Xr inetd 8 , +.Xr syslogd 8 . +.Sh BUGS +The message header filtering is prone to error. +The density of the information presented is near the theoretical minimum. +.Pp +Users should be notified of mail which arrives on other +machines than the one to which they are currently logged in. +.Pp +The notification should appear in a separate window so it +does not mess up the screen. +.Pp +.Nm +runs as root so that it can open the users maildrop. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . |