On Wed, 3 Apr 1996 spectrum@rlion.com wrote:

> also as a side note i type mesg y to turn messages on but i do a finger
> on myself and it says messages off... am i missing something?
> 
> Thanks in advance...

You are in multi-user mode when you do that, right?  If not, the daemon 
process that handles talk requests wouldn't be running.

Just the first thought that comes to mind.

Later,

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