Mail Daemons

Biff is a small daemon that monitors your mail folder and notifies you when a message has been placed there. It is common to include biff y in the .login or .profile files to automatically start it upon user login if you want to use Biff.

Note

Autoresponders automatically generate replies to received messages; they are commonly used to notify others that the recipient is out of the office. Mercifully, Ubuntu does not include one, but you can find and install an autoresponder at Freshmeat.net. If you are subscribed to a mailing list, be aware that automatic responses from your account can be very annoying to others on the list. Please unsubscribe from mail lists before you leave the office with your autoresponder activated.