--- a/thesis/Makefile	Fri Dec 19 23:35:05 2008 +0100
+++ b/thesis/Makefile	Fri Dec 19 23:35:38 2008 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # makefile using `latexmk'
 
 DOC=thesis
+COVER=cover
 
 all: pdf
 
@@ -17,4 +18,7 @@
 	latexmk -c
 	rm web.*
 
-.PHONY: pdf view watch clean
+cover:
+	latexmk -pdf $(COVER)
+
+.PHONY: pdf view watch clean cover

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/thesis/cover.tex	Fri Dec 19 23:35:38 2008 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+\documentclass[a4paper,twoside,openright]{report}
+\usepackage{thesis}
+
+\begin{document}
+\pagestyle{empty}
+
+\vspace*{42ex}
+
+\begin{center}
+	\textbf{\Huge masqmail}
+
+	{\large a mail tranfer agent for workstations and small networks }
+\end{center}
+
+\vspace*{12ex}
+\centerline{Markus \textsc{Schnalke}}
+\vfill
+
+\textbf{Diploma Thesis}
+
+\makebox[\textwidth][s]{Course \emph{Business Information Systems}, University of Applied Sciences Ulm, 2009}
+
+\end{document}

--- a/thesis/thesis.tex	Fri Dec 19 23:35:05 2008 +0100
+++ b/thesis/thesis.tex	Fri Dec 19 23:35:38 2008 +0100
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 \pagenumbering{roman}
 \pagestyle{empty}
 
-\include{tex/cover}
 \include{tex/pretitle}
 \include{tex/abstract}
 \include{tex/titlepage}