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2 \chapter*{Preface}

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7 goal: revive masqmail; make it future save; clean it up; add some missing features; release a new version

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11 << preface == target of the book, related to the reader >> %FIXME

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19 Audience:

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21 This document is targeted for \masqmail\ users and for people interested in mail systems in general.

22 Security problems in electronic mail, \unix\ and the C programming language will also be discussed.

23 Additional ones planning to take over an unmaintained software project will find real life experience in here.

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25 In each topic, basic knowledge is preconditioned.

26 Nevertheless introductions are given and sources for further reading will be mentioned.

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28 This work focuses on the \unix\ operating system.

29 Experience in usage, administration and program development is assumed.

30 This includes the basic toolchain (e.g.\ \name{tar}, \name{grep}, etc.), user, file and permission management, as well as writing, compiling and installing programs written in the C language.

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32 General information about \unix\ can be found in \cite{kernighan84} %FIXME: references

33 . %FIXME: references

34 explain about administrating \unix.

35 And developing programs in C may be learned from \cite{k&r} and \cite{rochkind85}. %FIXME: references

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37 %TODO: should I tell them to send email to me when having questions? Or somewhere else?

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40 \section*{Organisation}

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49 \section*{Typographic conventions}

50 %TODO: check if this tells what is really used!

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53 The following typographic conventions are used in this book:

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55 \begin{tabular}{ p{0.25\textwidth} p{0.7\textwidth} }

56 \emph{Italics} &

57 is used for names, including command names, file name, hostnames, usernames and email addresses.

58 Further more it is used to emphasize text.

59 \\ &\\

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61 \texttt{Constant Width} &

62 is used for source code, contents of files and output from programs.

63 \\ &\\

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65 \person{Small Caps} &

66 are used to indicate names of persons.

67 \\ &\\

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69 \texttt{\$} &

70 indicates the user's shell prompt.

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73 \texttt{\#} &

74 indicates the shell prompt of the superuser---root.

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77 \cite{kernighan84} &

78 is a reference to a book, an article, or a similar document. The Bibliography is located at the end of the thesis.

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81 \citeweb{masqmail:homepage} &

82 is a reference to a website. Websites differ from documents as they are less of a text written by some author, but more a place where information is gathered.

83 \\ &\\

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85 \RFC821 &

86 is a reference to the \name{Request For Comments}, here the one numbered 821. \RFC{}s are only referenced in this way. A list of relevant \RFC{}s and how they can be retrieved is available in the Appendix. %fixme: add ref

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95 \section*{Acknowledgments}

96 %FIXME: write this at the very end.

97 % dont forget: proove readers, suggestion makers, supporters, ...

98 % FIXME: if too long, include a file on the CD and refer on it here