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1 \chapter{Use cases}
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3 Here follow typical use cases for \masqmail. If other \MTA{}s are better suited for certain use cases, it will be mentioned. The use cases are prestage for defining the requirements.
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5 %FIXME: rewrite!
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6 % How do I write use cases??
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7 % Are use cases the right tool for what I need, at all??
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9 The user writes email with one of the common programs (e.g. \path{/bin/mail} or \name{mutt}). \masqmail\ must provide an interface, to that prepared mail can be handled over.
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11 \masqmail\ must deliver mail to its destination.
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13 Mail must be send with different settings, if someone uses more than one internet connection.
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15 If the machine is offline, no mail, destinated to the internet, must be send. It needs to be queued until an online connection gets established.
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17 If the computer goes online, all mail for outside destinations, should be send through the active route.
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19 Local mail should be send at once, independent of the online state.
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21 \masqmail\ may act as \NAME{SMTP} server. To receive email from other hosts.
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23 Mail for local users should be delivered by \masqmail\ itself or passed to \name{mail delivery agent}s.
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25 \masqmail\ needs to provide the same interface as \sendmail\ has, for being a drop-in replacement.
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28 %TODO: add Schaeffter's ideas here
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29 \chapter{Requirements}
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31 \section{Structure}
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32 \section{Security}
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33 \section{Usability}
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34 \chapter{Security issues}
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36 %TODO: write about:
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37 % #ifdefs in code
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38 % the single setuid root binary
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