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2 \chapter*{Preface}

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7 << \textbf{say what you want to say} >>

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9 << the overall goal of the document >>

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

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

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21 usage examples:

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23 debian popcon stats

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25 << hikernet >>

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28 \subsubsection*{Audience}

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

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

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

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34 In each topic, basic knowledge is preconditioned.

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

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

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

39 This includes the basic tool chain (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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41 General information about \unix\ can be found in \cite{kernighan84} %FIXME: references

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43 explain about administrating \unix.

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

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48 \section*{Organization}

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56 \section*{Conventions}

57 %TODO: check it!

58 The following typographic conventions are used in this thesis:

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60 \begin{enumerate}

61 \item \emph{Italic shape} is used to emphasize text, to introduce new terms, and for names, including product, host, and user names, as well as email addresses.

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63 \item For names of persons \textsc{Small Caps} are used.

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65 \item File and path names, source code excerpts, contents of files, and output from programs are displayed in \texttt{Typewriter font}.

66 \end{enumerate}

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68 References to external resources are marked using one of three styles, distinguished by the type of resource.

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70 \begin{enumerate}

71 \item References to books, articles, and similar documents looks like this: \cite{kernighan84}. The letters represent the author(s) (here \person{Kernighan} and \person{Pike}), the number represents the year of publication (here 1984).

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73 \item Websites differ from documents as they are less of a text written by some author but more a place where information is gathered. They are only indicated by numbers, like for example: \citeweb{masqmail:homepage}.

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75 \item \name{Request for Comments}---documents that define Internet standards---are referenced in a third way, by specifying the unique number of the \RFC\ directly: \RFC821.

76 \end{enumerate}

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78 The Bibliography is located at the end of the thesis. It also includes a list of the relevant \RFC{}s and how they can be retrieved.

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84 \section*{Acknowledgments}

85 %FIXME: write this at the very end.

86 % dont forget: proove readers, suggestion makers, supporters, ...

87 % FIXME: if too long, think about a page in the appendix