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author | meillo@marmaro.de |
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date | Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:00:11 +0100 |
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1.1 --- a/thesis/tex/0-preface.tex Sat Feb 07 11:42:45 2009 +0100 1.2 +++ b/thesis/tex/0-preface.tex Sat Feb 07 12:00:11 2009 +0100 1.3 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ 1.4 1.5 This thesis is about \masqmail, a small mail transfer agent for workstations and home networks. In October 2007 I had chosen \masqmail\ for my machines because of its small size though it was a ``real'' mail transfer agent. \masqmail\ served me well since then and I have found no reasons to change. 1.6 1.7 -Unfortunately, the \masqmail\ package in \debian, which is my preferred \NAME{GNU}/Linux distribution, is unmaintained since the beginning of 2008. Unmaintained packages are likely to get dropped out of a distribution if critical bugs appear in them. Although \masqmail\ had no critical bugs, this was a situation I definitely wanted to prevent. 1.8 +Unfortunately, the \masqmail\ package in \name{Debian}, which is my preferred \NAME{GNU}/Linux distribution, is unmaintained since the beginning of 2008. Unmaintained packages are likely to get dropped out of a distribution if critical bugs appear in them. Although \masqmail\ had no critical bugs, this was a situation I definitely wanted to prevent. 1.9 1.10 Using my diploma thesis as a ``power-start'' for maintaining and developing \masqmail\ in the future was a great idea. As it came to my mind I knew this is the thing I \emph{wanted} to do. --- I did it! :-) 1.11 1.12 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ 1.13 1.14 This document is primary written with an audience of \masqmail\ developers and developers of other mail transfer agents in mind. But users of \masqmail\ and everyone who is interested in email systems in general may find this thesis an interesting literature, too. 1.15 1.16 -However, at least basic knowledge about \unix\ and C programming is a prerequisite for chapters three, four, and five. \person{Kernighan} and \person{Pike}'s ``The \NAME{UNIX} Programming Environment'' \cite{kernighan84} is a valuable source to gain information about \unix. Programming in the C language is best learned from \person{Kernighan} and \person{Ritchie}'s ``The C Programming Language'' \cite{k&r}. 1.17 +However, at least basic knowledge about Unix and C programming is a prerequisite for chapters three, four, and five. \person{Kernighan} and \person{Pike}'s ``The \NAME{UNIX} Programming Environment'' \cite{kernighan84} is a valuable source to gain information about Unix. Programming in the C language is best learned from \person{Kernighan} and \person{Ritchie}'s ``The C Programming Language'' \cite{k&r}. 1.18 1.19 1.20