1.1 --- a/thesis/tex/3-MailTransferAgents.tex	Tue Jan 20 20:35:24 2009 +0100
     1.2 +++ b/thesis/tex/3-MailTransferAgents.tex	Tue Jan 20 21:55:22 2009 +0100
     1.3 @@ -130,7 +130,10 @@
     1.4  
     1.5  \sendmail\ designed to transfer mails between different protocols and networks, this lead to a very flexible, though complex, configuration.
     1.6  
     1.7 -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.
     1.8 +It was first released with \NAME{BSD} 4.1c in 1983.
     1.9 +%todo: write about its importance and about sendmail-compat
    1.10 +
    1.11 +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.
    1.12  
    1.13  Further development will go into the project \name{MeTA1} (the former name was \name{sendmail X}) which succeeds \sendmail.
    1.14  
    1.15 @@ -170,7 +173,7 @@
    1.16  
    1.17  Today \postfix\ is taken by many \unix\ systems and \gnulinux\ distributions as default \MTA.
    1.18  
    1.19 -The latest stable version is numbered 2.5.5 from August 2008. \postfix\ is covered by the \name{IBM Public License 1.0} which is a \freesw\ license.
    1.20 +The latest stable version is numbered 2.5.6 from December 2008. \postfix\ is covered by the \name{IBM Public License 1.0} which is a \freesw\ license.
    1.21  
    1.22  Additional information can be retrieved from the program's homepage \citeweb{postfix:homepage}. \person{Dent}'s \postfix\ book \cite{dent04} claims to be ``the definitive guide'', and it is.
    1.23  
    1.24 @@ -182,16 +185,16 @@
    1.25  \section{Comparison of MTAs}
    1.26  \label{sec:mta-comparison}
    1.27  
    1.28 -This section does not try to provide an overall \MTA\ comparison, because this is already done by others. Remarkable comparisons are the one by \person{Dan Shearer} \cite{shearer06} and a discussion on the mailing list \name{plug@lists.q-linux.com} \cite{plug:mtas}. Tabular overviews may be found at \citeweb{mailsoftware42}, \citeweb{wikipedia:comparison-of-mail-servers}, and \cite[section 1.9]{lifewithqmail}.
    1.29 +This section does not try to provide a throughout \MTA\ comparison, because this is already done by others. Remarkable comparisons are the one by \person{Dan Shearer} \cite{shearer06} and a discussion on the mailing list \name{plug@lists.q-linux.com} \cite{plug:mtas}. Tabular overviews may be found at \citeweb{mailsoftware42}, \citeweb{wikipedia:comparison-of-mail-servers}, and \cite[section 1.9]{lifewithqmail}.
    1.30  
    1.31 -Here provided is an overview on important properties of the four previously introduced \MTA{}s. The data comes from the above stated sources and is collected in table \ref{tab:mta-comparison}.
    1.32 +Here provided is an overview important properties of the four previously introduced \MTA{}s. The data comes from the above stated sources and is collected in table \ref{tab:mta-comparison}\footnote{The lines of code were messured with \person{David~A.\ Wheeler}'s \name{sloccount} \citeweb{sloccount}.}.
    1.33  
    1.34  \begin{table}
    1.35  % FIXME: improve table data!!!
    1.36  	\begin{center}
    1.37  		\input{tbl/mta-comparison.tbl}
    1.38  	\end{center}
    1.39 -	\caption{Comparison of MTAs}
    1.40 +	\caption{Comparison of \MTA{}s}
    1.41  	\label{tab:mta-comparison}
    1.42  \end{table}
    1.43