If you use sendmail, put the following in your sendmail.mc: FEATURE(local_procmail, /usr/bin/procmail)dnl define(`LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS', `procmail -Y -d $u')dnl
If you don't use sendmail, I don't know where to make the config change, but you want to pass procmail the arguments above. $u is... uh, I'm not sure -- but if you use sendmail it'll work. -Thomas (who's never used an MTA other than sendmail, because all the others complain about his domain name violating an RFC.) On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Max wrote: > From: Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 12:36:26 -0800 (PST) > Subject: biff and comsat don't work > > I'm having a tough time getting biff to work properly. I have the > following line in my /etc/services: > > biff 512/udp comsat > > and the following section in my /etc/xinetd.conf: > > service comsat > { > socket_type = dgram > protocol = udp > wait = yes > user = root > server = /usr/sbin/in.comsat > } > > But I still cannot get biff to work even with "biff y"! I tried > playing around with the MAIL and mail variables, but that didn't help > either. All I want biff to do is to display the first 3 or so lines > of a new message as soon as it arrives. Is there something else I > need to do? The only error in the logfile that I can find is: > > Nov 2 12:35:43 chinook xinetd[27596]: bind failed (Address already in use). > service = netbios-ns > > But netbios-ns is on a different port than comsat, so I don't see how > this should make a difference. > > Thanks for any help, > Max > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > ...... please forgive my abrupt ending hre - but my conection is xtrememleyyhiclmelyey BAD hiccuppy etc must sign off -
