meillo@8: \cleardoublepage
meillo@8: \chapter*{Preface}
meillo@8: \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}
meillo@8: 
meillo@8: \section*{Preface}
meillo@42: %FIXME: write about the motivation to cover this topic
meillo@42: %TODO: eventually have some words of oliver here
meillo@8: 
meillo@8: 
meillo@33: \section*{Audience}
meillo@47: This document is targeted for \masqmail\ users and for people interested in mail systems in general.
meillo@47: Security problems in electronic mail, \unix\ and the \NAME{C} programming language will also be discussed.
meillo@47: Additional ones planning to take over an unmaintained software project will find real life experience in here.
meillo@33: 
meillo@47: In each topic, basic knowledge is preconditioned.
meillo@47: Nevertheless introductions are given and sources for further reading will be mentioned.
meillo@33: 
meillo@47: This work focuses on the \unix\ operating system.
meillo@47: Experience in usage, administration and program development is assumed.
meillo@47: 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 \NAME{C} language.
meillo@33: 
meillo@40: General information about \unix\ can be found in \cite{unixprogenv} %FIXME: references
meillo@33: . %FIXME: references
meillo@47: explain about administrating \unix.
meillo@55: And developing programs in \NAME{C} may be learned from \cite{k&r} and \cite{advunixprog}. %FIXME: references
meillo@33: 
meillo@33: %TODO: should I tell them to send email to me when having questions? Or somewhere else?
meillo@33: 
meillo@8: 
meillo@36: \section*{Organisation}
meillo@36: %FIXME: write about organisation of the book: parts, chapters, sections. And more thats useful to know.
meillo@36: 
meillo@36: 
meillo@8: \section*{How to read this document}
meillo@33: %TODO: what to write here??
meillo@33: %TODO: include this in section ``Organisation''?
meillo@33: 
meillo@8: 
meillo@36: \section*{Conventions used}
meillo@33: %TODO: check if this tells what is really used!
meillo@33: %FIXME: make it complete!
meillo@12: The following typographic conventions are used in this book:
meillo@12: 
meillo@12: \begin{tabular}{ p{0.15\textwidth} p{0.8\textwidth} }
meillo@12: \emph{Italic} &
meillo@12: is used for names, including command names, file name, hostnames, usernames and email addresses.
meillo@12: Further more it is used to emphasize text.
meillo@12: \\ &\\
meillo@12: 
meillo@12: \texttt{Constant Width} &
meillo@12: is used for source code, contents of files and output from programs.
meillo@12: \\ &\\
meillo@12: 
meillo@12: \texttt{\$} &
meillo@12: indicates the the user shell prompt.
meillo@12: \\ &\\
meillo@12: 
meillo@12: \texttt{\#} &
meillo@12: indicates the the root shell prompt.
meillo@12: \\
meillo@12: \end{tabular}
meillo@12: 
meillo@12: 
meillo@8: 
meillo@8: \section*{Additional sources}
meillo@33: %FIXME: specify the really important external documents here
meillo@33: %TODO: write about the bundled CD, and tell what's included
meillo@33: \NAME{RFC}s, other books, source code, websites
meillo@8: 
meillo@33: 
meillo@8: \section*{Acknowledgements}
meillo@33: %FIXME: write this at the very end.
meillo@33: % dont forget: proove readers, suggestion makers, supporters, ...