From 79f60011732112c1b4a303fb6046a0fa906ac351 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 23:26:13 +0000
Subject: Nail biff.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=1105
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 fetchmail-FAQ.html | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html')

diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html
index 972d5b33..8aecc187 100644
--- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html
+++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html
@@ -1026,7 +1026,21 @@ which is essentially what <code>biff -n</code> will do. If this
 doesn't work, comment out any reference to ``comsat'' in your
 /etc/inetd.conf file and restart inetd.<P>
 
-$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.35 1997/06/18 22:42:47 esr Exp $<p>
+In Slackware Linux distributions, the last line in /etc/profile is
+
+<PRE>
+biff y
+</PRE>
+
+Change this to
+
+<PRE>
+biff n
+</PRE>
+
+to solve theproblem system-wide.
+
+$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.36 1997/06/18 23:26:13 esr Exp $<p>
 
 <HR>
 <ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">&lt;esr@snark.thyrsus.com&gt;</A></ADDRESS>
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