DOKK / manpages / debian 10 / qmail / qbiff.1.en
qbiff(1) General Commands Manual qbiff(1)

qbiff - announce new mail the moment it arrives

in .qmail: |qbiff

qbiff writes a message to your screen whenever a new mail message is delivered, if you ran biff y after logging in.

WARNING: If you create a .qmail file to enable qbiff, make sure to also add a line specifying delivery to your normal mailbox. For example:


/home/joe/Mailbox
|qbiff

biff(1), dot-qmail(5)