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diff thesis/tex/5-Improvements.tex @ 282:bc887e4e3a3e

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author meillo@marmaro.de
date Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:59:18 +0100
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     1.1 --- a/thesis/tex/5-Improvements.tex	Thu Jan 15 16:57:50 2009 +0100
     1.2 +++ b/thesis/tex/5-Improvements.tex	Thu Jan 15 16:59:18 2009 +0100
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     1.4  The \name{outgoing} queue contains processed messages. The header and envelope information is complete and in valid form.
     1.5  
     1.6  \name{Receiver modules} are the communication interface between outside senders and the \name{queue-in} module. Each protocol needs a corresponding \name{receiver module} to be supported. Most popular are the \name{sendmail} module (which is a command to be called from the local host) and the \name{smtpd} module (which listens on port 25). Other modules to support other protocols may be added as needed.
     1.7 +%todo: get invoked by inetd, or better ucspi-tcp (by bernstein) which can limit max number of concurrent connections. and includes tcp-wrappers functionality.
     1.8 +
     1.9  
    1.10  \name{Transport modules}, on the oppersite side of the system, are the modules to send outgoing mail; they are the interface between \name{queue-out} and remote hosts or local commands for further processing. The most popular ones are the \name{smtp} module (which acts as the \SMTP\ client) and the \name{pipe} module (to interface gateways to other systems or networks, like fax or uucp). A module for local delivery is not included, as it is in most other \MTA{}s; the reasons are described in FIXME.%fixme
    1.11  Thus a \name{mail delivery agent} (like \name{procmail}) is to be used with the \name{pipe} module.