biff 1:0.17.pre20000412-5.1 (ppc64el binary) in ubuntu focal
biff is a small program that prints a message to your terminal
when new email arrives. Actually, the message is printed by
the comsat daemon, and biff just enables/disables the u+x
permission flag for the terminal, which comsat uses to determine
whether or not to write to your terminal.
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biff is mainly of historic interest, since there are much better
alternatives (such as xlbiff and gbuffy) that are network-aware and
do not require a daemon. Although there are no known security
problems, running additional services is often considered risky.
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By default, the biff service is disabled. To use biff email
notification, you must enable this service by running 'update-inetd
--enable biff' after the package is installed. You may also need
to modify the configuration of your mail transport agent to enable
comsat notification.
Details
- Package version:
- 1:0.17.pre20000412-5.1
- Status:
- Published
- Component:
- universe
- Priority:
- Extra
Downloadable files
- biff_0.17.pre20000412-5.1_ppc64el.deb (13.0 KiB)
Package relationships
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