Biff

[Steve Dahmen]

srp at babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell) wrote in "Biff":
>blbates at AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854") writes:
>>    You could try xbiff or mailbox.  I use mailbox.  Of course both
>>require you to be on the graphics console.
>
>I have a version of NeWSbiff (originally written for Sun NeWS) 

I wrote my own that works on regular old terminals, using termcap.  It puts a
message telling you who the new mail (as well as any unread messages) is
from in the lower right hand corner of your screen... in highlighted text
if your terminal can do it.  You start it up in your .login and it
kills itself when you log out.  Written in bourne shell and C.  Not
the most elegant approach, but it does work.



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Steve Dahmen, Systems Analyst                         (804) 864-4519 (W)
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