On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Richard Spencer wrote about, Re: strange fetchmail behavior:
> I tried with 'biff n' in /etc/profile but there's no difference.
> I don't have a .bash_profile yet; I suppose by creating one, I'll
> be able to resurrect bash behavior I enjoyed in Redhat.
How did you try that,??? If you have several tty's or xconsoles open then
you will need to type 'biff n' in each and every one to make that change
take effect.
Commenting out the line (if its there) in /etc/inetd.conf called comsat
will stop 'biff' working in one go.
'man biff'
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