diff thesis/tex/1-Introduction.tex @ 31:2a191e20b4aa

minor stuff
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:44:22 +0200
parents 6c4b50b44d05
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--- a/thesis/tex/1-Introduction.tex	Tue Oct 07 12:37:38 2008 +0200
+++ b/thesis/tex/1-Introduction.tex	Tue Oct 07 14:44:22 2008 +0200
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 This lead to a second \NAME{MUA} from Berkeley: \name{Mail} (with a capital `M'). Also, no \NAME{UUCP} network was set up at Berkeley but an own creation called \name{BerkNet} was used.
 %FIXME: why? license issues? closed source?
+%TODO: what about `mailx'?
 
 Further more there was a third network type: the \NAME{ARPAnet}, based on the \name{transmission control protocol} (\NAME{TCP}).
 %FIXME: where did it came from?
@@ -31,14 +32,15 @@
 
 
 \section{Transporting mail}
+%TODO: include definitions from others here (cites)
+%TODO: when was the term ``mail transfer agent'' established?
 The basic job of a \name{mail transfer agent} (or \name{mail transport agent}, short \NAME{MTA}) is to transfer/transport \name{electronic mail} (short \name{email}) from one host to another.
 
-% TODO: include definitions from others here (cites)
 
 
 
 \section{sendmail}
-\name{sendmail} is the defacto-standard for \name{mail transfer agents}.
+\name{sendmail} is the de facto standard for \name{mail transfer agents}.
 
 % FIXME: is that true?
 It was the first \NAME{MTA} and had no real alternative for a long time.