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From: Daniel Baker <dbaker@cocoa.ops.neosoft.com>
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On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, Gary Kline wrote:

> 
> Anybody else have this problem? xbiff doesn't respond when 
> I have mail in /var/mail.  I initiated xbiff and specifically
> set the mail directory to be //var/mail, then sent myself
> mail.   Nothing!
I beleive you're supposed to tell it /var/mail/yourlogin like 
/var/mail/dbaker for me, not just /var/mail so it will know what user 
it's looking for.

If for all users, /var/mail/* should work....

> 
> biff y does work, just not xbiff.  Same story if I am logged
> in as `kline' or `root', BTW.
> 
> Any clues??
> 
> gary kline
> 
> 
> 
Daniel


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