Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wang!bu-tyng!oneill From: oneill@bu-tyng.bu.edu (Brian O'Neill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore Subject: Problems with biff/comsat notifying wrong people Message-ID: <2069@bu-tyng.bu.edu> Date: 23 Sep 89 15:54:40 GMT Reply-To: oneill@bu-tyng.bu.edu (Brian O'Neill) Organization: Boston University Corporate Education Center, Tyngsboro MA Lines: 18 Lately I've heard complaints that on occasion people receive notification of new mail, when if fact the mail is for another person (I don't use biff, so I haven't had the problem). It seems that after the Multimax has been running for a long time (> 3-4 weeks), comsat isn't getting the right information from /etc/utmp. Say, if user "x" is logged on, and user "y" gets mail, "x" may get the notice. If "y" was logged in at the time, and "x" got the notice, "y" does not. "y" does not have to be logged in at the time. Unfortunately, I can't supply much more information, as it's something that can't be easily recreated. UMAX version is 4.2 R3.3_0 Has anyone experienced similar problems? -- =========================================================================== Brian O'Neill - Boston University Corporate Education Center, Tyngsboro, MA UUCP: {decvax|ulowell}!bu-tyng!oneill Internet: oneill@bu-tyng.bu.edu (508) 649-9731 x14