docs/diploma
changeset 357:7e0294a2545e
wrote new abstract
author | meillo@marmaro.de |
---|---|
date | Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:33:58 +0100 |
parents | 1bee308d0f1c |
children | bab625cdd64e |
files | thesis/tex/abstract.tex |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
line diff
1.1 --- a/thesis/tex/abstract.tex Wed Jan 28 11:27:37 2009 +0100 1.2 +++ b/thesis/tex/abstract.tex Wed Jan 28 11:33:58 2009 +0100 1.3 @@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ 1.4 1.5 \section*{\centering Abstract} 1.6 1.7 -\masqmail\ is a \mta\ for workstations and small networks. It is a drop-in replacement for \sendmail, but much smaller. 1.8 +\masqmail\ is a mail transfer agent for workstations and small networks, a much smaller replacement for \sendmail. It has be orphaned by its author more than five years ago and remained unchanged since then, in a world where emailing did change. Nevertheless has \masqmail\ unique advantages that makes it still a valuable software. 1.9 1.10 -This diploma thesis analyzes the structure and concepts of \masqmail, and its security and safety. 1.11 -Based on this knowledge, the source code will get improved and everything will be written down for documentation. 1.12 +This diploma thesis is a scientific planning effort to revive \masqmail. It provides a highly structured analysis of \masqmail\ and its environment. Modern requirements for \masqmail\ are compared against the current state of the program to receive a list of pending work tasks. Further development strategies are carefully compared and discussed. Finally concrete plans and recommendations are defined with the goal of turning \masqmail\ into a modern mail transfer agent again. 1.13 1.14 -After successful tests in a real environment, a new version of \masqmail\ will be released and it will be packaged for the \gnulinux\ Distribution \debian. 1.15 + 1.16 + 1.17 1.18 1.19 \vspace*{6ex}