Cliff, et al -- ...and then Cliff Sarginson said... % On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 07:28:32AM -0500, David T-G wrote: % > Curt -- % > % > ...and then Curt W. Zirzow said... % > % * Cliff Sarginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... % > Since I happen to be responding to Curt's followup ... ... % > % > % > % > The appalling biff program requires "comsat" to do it's job, so that % > % > is why I guess Slackware has it enabled. % > % > So the real fix would be to modify /etc/profile rather than simply turn % > off comsat and have biff trying to run anyway. % > % Depends if anything else of the biff variety uses it.
Hmmm... Hokay; I suppose that's certainly a possibility. Not that comsat should necessarily left on, but I don't like dangling programs that don't work being started every time one (boots|logs in). It isn't clean, ya know? % > % > % > % > % > "biff" (named after the author's dog btw) screws the mail access time. % > % % > % I wonder if that was an influence on using 'mutt' instead of calling it % > % > FYI, the 'author' in question there wrote biff back in the very early ... % I am aware of this. I'm not surprised. Given Curt's comment, though, I thought that he might not be; it seemed to me that he was confusing, or at least connecting, authorship of biff with authorship of mutt. % % > % something like 'mule'. But then we would have to figure out which email % > % clients were the horse and donkey. :) % > % > Touche :-) % > % > % > Yours for Truth in Trivia, % > % Does this email have a point ? Not much of one. We're getting there, though, and if we discuss system services long enough we might even come back on topic :-) % If so I am missing it. % Unless it is to expand on the "dog" story. Mostly. % % -- % Regards % Cliff % :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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