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diff thesis/tex/3-MailTransferAgents.tex @ 224:2575c1e8054a

further rework (stuff by Hans-Joerg)
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:13:07 +0100
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     1.1 --- a/thesis/tex/3-MailTransferAgents.tex	Mon Jan 05 20:11:20 2009 +0100
     1.2 +++ b/thesis/tex/3-MailTransferAgents.tex	Tue Jan 06 10:13:07 2009 +0100
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     1.4  \subsubsection*{``Real'' MTAs}
     1.5  There is a third type of \mta{}s in between the minimalistic \name{relay-only} \MTA{}s and the feature loaded \name{groupware}. Those programs may be named ``real \MTA{}s'', or ``proper \MTA{}s'', though there is no common name. They are what is meant with the term ``\mta''---programs that transfer mail between hosts.
     1.6  
     1.7 -Common to them is their focus on transferring email, while being able to act as \name{smart host}. Their variety ranges from ones mostly restricted to mail transfer (e.g.\ \qmail) to others having interfaces for adding further mail processing modules (e.g.\ \postfix). This group covers everything in between the other two groups.
     1.8 +Common to them is their focus on transferring email, while being able to act as \name{smart host}s. Their variety ranges from ones mostly restricted to mail transfer (e.g.\ \qmail) to others having interfaces for adding further mail processing modules (e.g.\ \postfix). This group covers everything in between the other two groups.
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    1.10  ``Real \MTA{}s'' are of importance in this document. All programs selected for the comparison in the following section are ``real \MTA{}s''. \masqmail\ is one too.
    1.11  
    1.12 @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
    1.13  
    1.14  The program was written by Eric \person{Allman} as the successor of his program \name{delivermail}. \person{Allman} was not the only one working on the program. Other people developed own versions of it and a variety of flavors came up, especially in the late eighties when Allman was inactive. %fixme: ref
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    1.16 -\sendmail\ is focused on transferring mails between different protocols and networks, this lead to a very flexible, though complex, configuration.
    1.17 +\sendmail\ designed to transfer mails between different protocols and networks, this lead to a very flexible, though complex, configuration.
    1.18  
    1.19  It was first released with \NAME{BSD} 4.1c in 1983. The latest version is 8.14.3 from May 2008. The program is distributed under the \name{Sendmail License} as both, \freesw\ and proprietary software.
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