# HG changeset patch # User meillo@marmaro.de # Date 1228930644 -3600 # Node ID eef80e989616f1140859a31738c343f8a39f9f8e # Parent 067e2482f6e95145e107a01376b7ad26cf1ec400 moved some sentences diff -r 067e2482f6e9 -r eef80e989616 thesis/tex/1-Introduction.tex --- a/thesis/tex/1-Introduction.tex Wed Dec 10 18:36:59 2008 +0100 +++ b/thesis/tex/1-Introduction.tex Wed Dec 10 18:37:24 2008 +0100 @@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ A better setup is to run \masqmail\ on every machine %FIXME +--- + +As \masqmail\ is focused on non-permanent Internet connections, online state can be queried by three methods: reading from a file, reading the output of a command, or by asking an \name{mserver}. Each method may return a string indicating one of the available routes being online, or returning nothing to indicate offline state. + +Delivery to recipients on the local host or in local nets is done at once; delivery to recipients on the Internet is only done when being online, and queued otherwise. Each online route may have a different mail server to which mail is relayed. Return address headers are modified appropriate if wished. + +--- + \subsubsection{What makes it special}