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     1.4 +% chaos seminar talk about masqmail
     1.5 +%
     1.6 +% markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
     1.7 +% since 2009-02-24
     1.8 +
     1.9 +
    1.10 +\documentclass{beamer}
    1.11 +
    1.12 +\title{masqmail}
    1.13 +\author{markus schnalke}
    1.14 +\date{2009-03-09}
    1.15 +
    1.16 +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
    1.17 +\usepackage{url}
    1.18 +\usepackage{graphicx}
    1.19 +\setlength{\parskip}{2.0ex plus 1.0ex minus 0.5ex}
    1.20 +
    1.21 +\newcommand{\secframe}[1]{
    1.22 +	\section{#1}
    1.23 +	\frame{ \vfill\vfill \centerline{ \huge #1 } \vfill }
    1.24 +}
    1.25 +
    1.26 +\newcommand{\ft}[1]{
    1.27 +	\frametitle{#1}
    1.28 +}
    1.29 +
    1.30 +
    1.31 +\begin{document}
    1.32 +
    1.33 +
    1.34 +\frame{
    1.35 +
    1.36 +\vspace{8em}
    1.37 +\begin{center}
    1.38 +
    1.39 +{\huge\bf masqmail}
    1.40 +
    1.41 +a mail transfer agent for workstations and small networks
    1.42 +
    1.43 +\vspace{6em}
    1.44 +
    1.45 +{ \tiny
    1.46 +markus schnalke \textless{}meillo@marmaro.de\textgreater{}
    1.47 +}
    1.48 +
    1.49 +\end{center}
    1.50 +}
    1.51 +
    1.52 +
    1.53 +
    1.54 +\frame{ \ft{overview}
    1.55 +
    1.56 +1) about me
    1.57 +
    1.58 +2) about masqmail
    1.59 +
    1.60 +3) short explanation of my thesis
    1.61 +
    1.62 +4) further development of masqmail
    1.63 +
    1.64 +}
    1.65 +
    1.66 +
    1.67 +
    1.68 +
    1.69 +\secframe{about me}
    1.70 +
    1.71 +
    1.72 +\frame{\ft{markus schnalke}
    1.73 +
    1.74 +studied Business Information Systems
    1.75 +
    1.76 +at University of Applied Sciences, Ulm
    1.77 +
    1.78 +diploma thesis about masqmail
    1.79 +
    1.80 +now Master at University, Ulm
    1.81 +
    1.82 +}
    1.83 +
    1.84 +
    1.85 +\frame{\ft{I am interested in}
    1.86 +
    1.87 +Free Software
    1.88 +
    1.89 +Debian
    1.90 +
    1.91 +suckless software
    1.92 +
    1.93 +the Unix Philosophy
    1.94 +
    1.95 +}
    1.96 +
    1.97 +
    1.98 +
    1.99 +
   1.100 +
   1.101 +
   1.102 +\secframe{about masqmail}
   1.103 +
   1.104 +
   1.105 +
   1.106 +\frame{ \ft{what is masqmail}
   1.107 +
   1.108 +a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)
   1.109 +
   1.110 +a small MTA
   1.111 +
   1.112 +one for a special kind of setup
   1.113 +
   1.114 +}
   1.115 +
   1.116 +
   1.117 +\frame{ \ft{masqmail's niche}
   1.118 +
   1.119 +non-permanent online connections
   1.120 +
   1.121 +over multiple providers
   1.122 +
   1.123 +especially: workstations and small networks
   1.124 +
   1.125 +}
   1.126 +
   1.127 +
   1.128 +\frame{ \ft{history}
   1.129 +
   1.130 +written by Oliver Kurth
   1.131 +
   1.132 +between 1999 and 2003
   1.133 +
   1.134 +most likely for masqdialer-controlled ISDN connections
   1.135 +
   1.136 +source of the name (``masq\dots'')
   1.137 +
   1.138 +}
   1.139 +
   1.140 +
   1.141 +\frame{ \ft{masqmail today}
   1.142 +
   1.143 +development stopped in 2003
   1.144 +
   1.145 +not maintained
   1.146 +
   1.147 +even its website is down
   1.148 +
   1.149 +but included in Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, FreeBSD
   1.150 +
   1.151 +}
   1.152 +
   1.153 +
   1.154 +\frame{ \ft{value of masqmail}
   1.155 +
   1.156 +covers a niche
   1.157 +
   1.158 +has unique features
   1.159 +
   1.160 +has users!
   1.161 +
   1.162 +}
   1.163 +
   1.164 +
   1.165 +\frame{ \ft{problems of masqmail}
   1.166 +
   1.167 +no further development
   1.168 +
   1.169 +unfixed bugs
   1.170 +
   1.171 +emailing has changed
   1.172 +
   1.173 +}
   1.174 +
   1.175 +
   1.176 +
   1.177 +
   1.178 +\frame{\ft{masqmail and me}
   1.179 +
   1.180 +Fall 2007: started to use masqmail
   1.181 +
   1.182 +Spring 2008: realized it is unmaintained in Debian
   1.183 +
   1.184 +A situation to be changed ... but by whom? ... me?
   1.185 +
   1.186 +No!
   1.187 +
   1.188 +}
   1.189 +
   1.190 +
   1.191 +\frame{\ft{diploma thesis}
   1.192 +
   1.193 +Summer 2008:
   1.194 +
   1.195 +problem: find a diploma thesis topic
   1.196 +
   1.197 +The great idea: solve 2 problems
   1.198 +
   1.199 +use the diploma thesis to revive masqmail
   1.200 +
   1.201 +}
   1.202 +
   1.203 +
   1.204 +\frame{\ft{guiding principle}
   1.205 +
   1.206 +\begin{center}
   1.207 +	\it
   1.208 +	Do what you think is interesting,\\
   1.209 +	do something that you think is fun and worthwhile,\\
   1.210 +	because otherwise you won't do it well anyway.
   1.211 +
   1.212 +	---Brian~W.\ Kernighan---
   1.213 +\end{center}
   1.214 +
   1.215 +}
   1.216 +
   1.217 +
   1.218 +\frame{\ft{advising professor}
   1.219 +
   1.220 +Prof. Sch\"affter
   1.221 +
   1.222 +thanks!
   1.223 +
   1.224 +}
   1.225 +
   1.226 +
   1.227 +
   1.228 +
   1.229 +\secframe{the thesis}
   1.230 +
   1.231 +
   1.232 +
   1.233 +\frame{ \ft{ch01: introduction}
   1.234 +
   1.235 +general prerequisites
   1.236 +
   1.237 +the masqmail project
   1.238 +
   1.239 +value and problems of masqmail
   1.240 +
   1.241 +\textbf{$\Rightarrow$ reasons for this thesis}
   1.242 +
   1.243 +}
   1.244 +
   1.245 +
   1.246 +
   1.247 +\frame{ \ft{ch02: market analysis}
   1.248 +
   1.249 +classification, life cycle, and trends of electronic communication
   1.250 +
   1.251 +SWOT and trends for email
   1.252 +
   1.253 +\textbf{$\Rightarrow$ show that email will survive}
   1.254 +
   1.255 +}
   1.256 +
   1.257 +
   1.258 +\frame{ \ft{ch03: mail transfer agents}
   1.259 +
   1.260 +classification of MTAs
   1.261 +
   1.262 +masqmail's competitors
   1.263 +
   1.264 +short comparison
   1.265 +
   1.266 +\textbf{$\Rightarrow$ provide knowledge for next chapters}
   1.267 +
   1.268 +}
   1.269 +
   1.270 +
   1.271 +
   1.272 +
   1.273 +\frame{ \ft{ch04: masqmail's present and future}
   1.274 +
   1.275 +the goal (revive masqmail)
   1.276 +
   1.277 +requirements
   1.278 +
   1.279 +\quad\quad fulfilled requirements
   1.280 +
   1.281 +\quad\quad work to do
   1.282 +
   1.283 +ways for further development
   1.284 +
   1.285 +result
   1.286 +
   1.287 +\textbf{$\Rightarrow$ the core of the thesis: how to revive masqmail}
   1.288 +
   1.289 +}
   1.290 +
   1.291 +
   1.292 +
   1.293 +\frame{ \ft{digression: the result}
   1.294 +
   1.295 +``one fits all'' is not possible
   1.296 +
   1.297 +hence: different strategies for different goals
   1.298 +
   1.299 +short-term goal: keep masqmail usable\\
   1.300 +\quad\quad$\rightarrow$ improve existing code
   1.301 +
   1.302 +long-term goal: make masqmail future-proof\\
   1.303 +\quad\quad$\rightarrow$ recreate it from scratch
   1.304 +
   1.305 +disadvantage: more work
   1.306 +
   1.307 +}
   1.308 +
   1.309 +
   1.310 +\frame{ \ft{ch05: improvement plans}
   1.311 +
   1.312 +improvements of current code
   1.313 +
   1.314 +a new design
   1.315 +
   1.316 +\textbf{$\Rightarrow$ recommendations how to do the proposed changes}
   1.317 +
   1.318 +}
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   1.339 +\frame{
   1.340 +	\vfill\vfill
   1.341 +	\centerline{\textbf{Thanks for your attention}}
   1.342 +	\vfill
   1.343 +}
   1.344 +
   1.345 +
   1.346 +
   1.347 +\frame{ \ft{software used}
   1.348 +
   1.349 +Debian GNU/Linux
   1.350 +
   1.351 +\LaTeX\ with the beamer classes
   1.352 +
   1.353 +Vim, latexmk, and Mercurial
   1.354 +
   1.355 +\vfill
   1.356 +
   1.357 +{\scriptsize The slides are available on \url{http://marmaro.de/docs} \hfill 2009-03-09 }
   1.358 +
   1.359 +}
   1.360 +
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   1.362 +
   1.363 +
   1.364 +\end{document}
   1.365 +
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   1.367 +
   1.368 +
   1.369 +
   1.370 +\url{http://ulm.ccc.de/ChaosSeminar/2009/03_masqmail}