Jerry Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<ak3vop$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Philip Gabbert says: > > Ah ha .. a bit cryptic in it's discription. "No biff for POP3, and no > > icon update in browser for IMAP when no mail/news window open". Biff? > > Isn't that the dude from Back to the Future? :) > > The term "biff" comes from a command in BSD that alerts you to new mail. > The BSD command got its name from a dog named Biff that belonged to a > grad student at UC Berkeley around the time BSD was being developed. > Biff was known around Evans Hall for barking at the mailman, and so > named was the new mail alert.
Ah, I see... Interesting history on some of these names used today. Thanks for the 411. Definatly learned something new there. Went ahead and voted for the bug. That's about all I can really do. Looks like 1.2alpha is target. *crosses fingers*
