Ayale-com.210
net.unix-wizards
utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!yale-com!bj
Wed Mar 17 17:39:01 1982
Re: A suggestion for a change to biff
I find biff to be a pain, so I don't use it.
Instead, I set the "mail" variable in csh.
This gives me a short message when mail arrives
but does not bother me when I am running a program.
The default 10 minute time between checks is too
long, but can be reduced easily. The only problem
is that you are only told that you have mail,
not who it is from.
			B.J. (decvax!yale-comix!bj)

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