1in.comsat(1M)           System Administration Commands           in.comsat(1M)
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NAME

6       in.comsat, comsat - biff server
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SYNOPSIS

9       /usr/sbin/in.comsat
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DESCRIPTION

13       comsat is the server process which listens for reports of incoming mail
14       and notifies users who have requested to be told when mail arrives.  It
15       is  invoked as needed by inetd(1M), and times out if inactive for a few
16       minutes.
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19       comsat listens on a datagram port  associated  with  the  biff  service
20       specification (see services(4)) for one line messages of the form
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26       If  the  user  specified  is logged in to the system and the associated
27       terminal has the owner execute bit turned on (by a biff y), the  offset
28       is  used  as  a  seek offset into the appropriate mailbox file, and the
29       first 7 lines or 560 characters of  the  message  are  printed  on  the
30       user's  terminal.   Lines which appear to be part of the message header
31       other than the From, To,  Date, or Subject lines are not  printed  when
32       displaying the message.
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FILES

35       /var/adm/utmpx    user access and administration information
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ATTRIBUTES

39       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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44       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
45       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
46       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
47       │Availability                 │SUNWrcmds                    │
48       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

51       svcs(1), inetadm(1M), inetd(1M), svcadm(1M),services(4), attributes(5),
52       smf(5)
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NOTES

55       The message header filtering is prone to error.
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58       The in.comsat service is managed by the  service  management  facility,
59       smf(5), under the service identifier:
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66       Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
67       requesting restart, can be performed using  svcadm(1M).  Responsibility
68       for  initiating  and restarting this service is delegated to inetd(1M).
69       Use inetadm(1M) to make configuration changes and to view configuration
70       information for this service. The service's status can be queried using
71       the svcs(1) command.
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75SunOS 5.11                        27 Jul 2004                    in.comsat(1M)
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