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1 % chaos seminar talk about masqmail
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3 % markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
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4 % since 2009-02-24
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7 \documentclass{beamer}
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9 \title{masqmail}
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10 \author{markus schnalke}
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11 \date{2009-03-09}
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13 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
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14 \usepackage{url}
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15 \usepackage{graphicx}
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16 \setlength{\parskip}{2.0ex plus 1.0ex minus 0.5ex}
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20 \frame{ \vfill\vfill \centerline{ \huge #1 } \vfill }
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21 }
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24 \frametitle{#1}
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28 \begin{document}
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30
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31 \frame{
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32
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33 \vspace{8em}
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34 \begin{center}
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35
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36 {\huge\bf masqmail}
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37
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38 a mail transfer agent for workstations and small networks
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40 \vspace{6em}
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41
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42 { \tiny
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43 markus schnalke \textless{}meillo@marmaro.de\textgreater{}
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44 }
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45
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46 \end{center}
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47 }
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51 \frame{ \ft{overview}
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52
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53 1) about me
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54
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55 2) about masqmail
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56
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57 3) short explanation of my thesis
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58
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59 4) further development of masqmail
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60
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61 }
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66 \secframe{about me}
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69 \frame{\ft{markus schnalke}
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70
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71 studied Business Information Systems
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73 at University of Applied Sciences, Ulm
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75 diploma thesis about masqmail
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77 now Master at University, Ulm
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79 }
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82 \frame{\ft{I am interested in}
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83
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84 Free Software
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85
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86 Debian
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87
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88 suckless software
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89
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90 the Unix Philosophy
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92 }
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99 \secframe{about masqmail}
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103 \frame{ \ft{what is masqmail}
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105 a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)
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107 a small MTA
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109 one for a special kind of setup
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111 }
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114 \frame{ \ft{masqmail's niche}
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116 non-permanent online connections
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118 over multiple providers
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120 especially: workstations and small networks
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122 }
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125 \frame{ \ft{history}
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126
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127 written by Oliver Kurth
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128
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129 between 1999 and 2003
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130
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131 most likely for masqdialer-controlled ISDN connections
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133 source of the name (``masq\dots'')
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135 }
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138 \frame{ \ft{masqmail today}
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140 development stopped in 2003
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142 not maintained
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144 even its website is down
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146 but included in Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, FreeBSD
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148 }
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151 \frame{ \ft{value of masqmail}
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153 covers a niche
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155 has unique features
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157 has users!
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159 }
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162 \frame{ \ft{problems of masqmail}
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164 no further development
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166 unfixed bugs
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168 emailing has changed
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170 }
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175 \frame{\ft{masqmail and me}
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177 Fall 2007: started to use masqmail
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179 Spring 2008: realized it is unmaintained in Debian
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181 A situation to be changed ... but by whom? ... me?
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183 No!
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185 }
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188 \frame{\ft{diploma thesis}
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190 Summer 2008:
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192 problem: find a diploma thesis topic
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194 The great idea: solve 2 problems
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196 use the diploma thesis to revive masqmail
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198 }
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201 \frame{\ft{guiding principle}
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202
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203 \begin{center}
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204 \it
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205 Do what you think is interesting,\\
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206 do something that you think is fun and worthwhile,\\
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207 because otherwise you won't do it well anyway.
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208
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209 ---Brian~W.\ Kernighan---
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210 \end{center}
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212 }
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215 \frame{\ft{advising professor}
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217 Prof. Sch\"affter
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219 thanks!
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221 }
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226 \secframe{the thesis}
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230 \frame{ \ft{ch01: introduction}
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232 general prerequisites
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234 the masqmail project
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236 value and problems of masqmail
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238 \textbf{$\Rightarrow$ reasons for this thesis}
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240 }
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244 \frame{ \ft{ch02: market analysis}
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246 classification, life cycle, and trends of electronic communication
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248 SWOT and trends for email
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250 \textbf{$\Rightarrow$ show that email will survive}
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252 }
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255 \frame{ \ft{ch03: mail transfer agents}
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257 classification of MTAs
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259 masqmail's competitors
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261 short comparison
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263 \textbf{$\Rightarrow$ provide knowledge for next chapters}
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270 \frame{ \ft{ch04: masqmail's present and future}
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272 the goal (revive masqmail)
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274 requirements
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276 \quad\quad fulfilled requirements
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278 \quad\quad work to do
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280 ways for further development
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282 result
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284 \textbf{$\Rightarrow$ the core of the thesis: how to revive masqmail}
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290 \frame{ \ft{digression: the result}
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292 ``one fits all'' is not possible
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294 hence: different strategies for different goals
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296 short-term goal: keep masqmail usable\\
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297 \quad\quad$\rightarrow$ improve existing code
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299 long-term goal: make masqmail future-proof\\
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300 \quad\quad$\rightarrow$ recreate it from scratch
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302 disadvantage: more work
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307 \frame{ \ft{ch05: improvement plans}
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309 improvements of current code
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311 a new design
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313 \textbf{$\Rightarrow$ recommendations how to do the proposed changes}
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336 \frame{
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344 \frame{ \ft{software used}
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346 Debian GNU/Linux
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348 \LaTeX\ with the beamer classes
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350 Vim, latexmk, and Mercurial
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354 {\scriptsize The slides are available on \url{http://marmaro.de/docs} \hfill 2009-03-09 }
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361 \end{document}
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367 \url{http://ulm.ccc.de/ChaosSeminar/2009/03_masqmail}
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