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author | meillo@marmaro.de |
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date | Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:06:43 +0100 |
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1.1 --- a/thesis/tex/abstract.tex Sat Jan 31 10:50:02 2009 +0100 1.2 +++ b/thesis/tex/abstract.tex Sat Jan 31 15:06:43 2009 +0100 1.3 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ 1.4 1.5 \section*{\centering Abstract} 1.6 1.7 -\masqmail\ is a mail transfer agent for workstations and small networks, a much smaller replacement for \sendmail. It has be orphaned by its author more than five years ago and remained unchanged since then, in a world where emailing did change. Nevertheless has \masqmail\ unique advantages that makes it still a valuable software. 1.8 +\masqmail\ is a mail transfer agent for workstations and small networks, and a small replacement for \sendmail, \postfix, and \exim\ in those cases. It has be orphaned by its author more than five years ago and remained unchanged since then, in a world where emailing did change. Nevertheless has \masqmail\ unique advantages that makes it still a valuable software. 1.9 1.10 This diploma thesis is a scientific planning effort to revive \masqmail. It provides a highly structured analysis of \masqmail\ and its environment. Modern requirements for \masqmail\ are compared against the current state of the program to receive a list of pending work tasks. Further development strategies are carefully compared and discussed. Finally concrete plans and recommendations are defined with the goal of turning \masqmail\ into a modern mail transfer agent again. 1.11