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biff+comsat: biff+comsat (mail arrival notification daemon)
biff+comsat:
biff+comsat: Comsat is the server process which receives reports of incoming mail
biff+comsat: and notifies users if they have requested this service.  "biff" is
biff+comsat: the program that requests comsat service "biff y", and may be placed
biff+comsat: in a user's startup file if they'd like to hear a beep and trash
biff+comsat: their console with each new piece of junk mail.  ;-)
biff+comsat:
biff+comsat: Biff was the name of Heidi Stettner's dog, who barked when the
biff+comsat: mailman came.  Biff was well known to many of the early BSD developers
biff+comsat: living in Evans Hall at U.C. Berkeley.