supported by B1FF's (unfortunately invalid) electronic mail address:
B1FF@BIT.NET.

[1993: Now It Can Be Told! My spies inform me that B1FF was originally
created by Joe Talmadge , also the author of the
infamous and much-plagiarized "Flamer's Bible". The BIFF filter he
wrote was later passed to Richard Sexton, who posted BIFFisms much
more widely. Versions have since been posted for the amusement of the
net at large. See also [1290]Jeff K. --ESR]
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Common written abbreviation for [1294]Breidbart Index.
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biff /bif/ vt.

To notify someone of incoming mail. From the BSD utility biff(1),
which was in turn named after a friendly dog who used to chase
frisbees in the halls at UCB while 4.2BSD was in development. There
was a legend that it had a habit of barking whenever the mailman came,
but the author of biff says this is not true. No relation to
[1298]B1FF.
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