Subject: Re: NOTIFICATION OF NEW MAIL

From: Clyde Moseberry <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 15:34:05 CDT

> biff y or chmod u+x `tty` does not work. I always get something like:
> /dev/ttyp1: Not owner

it seems you don't have chmod permission; contact your local system 
administrator to grant permission ... but read on first!

> ls -l `tty` results in 
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root      20,   1 Aug 24 18:36 /dev/ttyp1
> What can I do?
> -raw

this permission state actually should be sufficient for notification via 
rcvtty -- this looks like a mesg y setting, which simply sets write 
permission active everywhere

have you determined if you have rcvtty? if so, try:

    \[email-masked], "| /usr/local/lib/mh/rcvtty -biff"

in a .forward file at your root level on fz.

all punctuation (\ , ") *IS* significant; you *don't* need biff to work
on your machine for usage of the biff option in this syntax

> --- If con is the opposite of pro, is congress the opposite of progress? --

I like that.

MOSEBERRY

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From: Ralf Widera <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 23:21:42 +0200 (MET DST)

> permission active everywhere

unfortunately I do not have rcvtty. Is it worth to download it from 
somewhere? In this case: where from ?

How should the permissions on /dev/ttyp1 be set so that biff y is possible?

TIA

-raw

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