meillo@8: \cleardoublepage meillo@8: \chapter*{Preface} meillo@98: \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Preface} meillo@8: meillo@101: << preface text (about 1 page) >> %FIXME meillo@8: meillo@101: goal: revive masqmail; make it future save; clean it up; add some missing features; release a new version meillo@101: meillo@101: << write about the motivation to cover this topic: what is it I want? >> %FIXME meillo@101: meillo@101: << preface == target of the book, related to the reader >> %FIXME meillo@101: meillo@101: << make the topic more concrete and limit it >> %FIXME meillo@101: meillo@101: << have text by oliver here? >> %TODO meillo@101: meillo@8: meillo@96: meillo@98: Audience: meillo@96: 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@33: meillo@98: << write about organisation of the book: parts, chapters, sections. And more thats useful to know. >> %FIXME meillo@8: meillo@98: << explain where the main part lies (theory vs. implementation) >> %FIXME: meillo@33: meillo@98: << write about the bundled CD, and tell what's included >> %TODO meillo@98: meillo@98: meillo@98: \section*{Acknowledgments} meillo@33: %FIXME: write this at the very end. meillo@33: % dont forget: proove readers, suggestion makers, supporters, ... meillo@93: % FIXME: if too long, include a file on the CD and refer on it here