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+% chaos seminar talk about masqmail
+%
+% markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
+% since 2009-02-24
+
+
+\documentclass{beamer}
+
+\title{masqmail}
+\author{markus schnalke}
+\date{2009-03-09}
+
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage{url}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\setlength{\parskip}{2.0ex plus 1.0ex minus 0.5ex}
+
+\newcommand{\secframe}[1]{
+	\section{#1}
+	\frame{ \vfill\vfill \centerline{ \huge #1 } \vfill }
+}
+
+\newcommand{\ft}[1]{
+	\frametitle{#1}
+}
+
+
+\begin{document}
+
+
+\frame{
+
+\vspace{8em}
+\begin{center}
+
+{\huge\bf masqmail}
+
+a mail transfer agent for workstations and small networks
+
+\vspace{6em}
+
+{ \tiny
+markus schnalke \textless{}meillo@marmaro.de\textgreater{}
+}
+
+\end{center}
+}
+
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{overview}
+
+1) about me
+
+2) about masqmail
+
+3) short explanation of my thesis
+
+4) further development of masqmail
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+\secframe{about me}
+
+
+\frame{\ft{markus schnalke}
+
+studied Business Information Systems
+
+at University of Applied Sciences, Ulm
+
+diploma thesis about masqmail
+
+now Master at University, Ulm
+
+}
+
+
+\frame{\ft{I am interested in}
+
+Free Software
+
+Debian
+
+suckless software
+
+the Unix Philosophy
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+\secframe{about masqmail}
+
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{what is masqmail}
+
+a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)
+
+a small MTA
+
+one for a special kind of setup
+
+}
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{masqmail's niche}
+
+non-permanent online connections
+
+over multiple providers
+
+especially: workstations and small networks
+
+}
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{history}
+
+written by Oliver Kurth
+
+between 1999 and 2003
+
+most likely for masqdialer-controlled ISDN connections
+
+source of the name (``masq\dots'')
+
+}
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{masqmail today}
+
+development stopped in 2003
+
+not maintained
+
+even its website is down
+
+but included in Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, FreeBSD
+
+}
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{value of masqmail}
+
+covers a niche
+
+has unique features
+
+has users!
+
+}
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{problems of masqmail}
+
+no further development
+
+unfixed bugs
+
+emailing has changed
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+\frame{\ft{masqmail and me}
+
+Fall 2007: started to use masqmail
+
+Spring 2008: realized it is unmaintained in Debian
+
+A situation to be changed ... but by whom? ... me?
+
+No!
+
+}
+
+
+\frame{\ft{diploma thesis}
+
+Summer 2008:
+
+problem: find a diploma thesis topic
+
+The great idea: solve 2 problems
+
+use the diploma thesis to revive masqmail
+
+}
+
+
+\frame{\ft{guiding principle}
+
+\begin{center}
+	\it
+	Do what you think is interesting,\\
+	do something that you think is fun and worthwhile,\\
+	because otherwise you won't do it well anyway.
+
+	---Brian~W.\ Kernighan---
+\end{center}
+
+}
+
+
+\frame{\ft{advising professor}
+
+Prof. Sch\"affter
+
+thanks!
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+\secframe{the thesis}
+
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{ch01: introduction}
+
+general prerequisites
+
+the masqmail project
+
+value and problems of masqmail
+
+\textbf{$\Rightarrow$ reasons for this thesis}
+
+}
+
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{ch02: market analysis}
+
+classification, life cycle, and trends of electronic communication
+
+SWOT and trends for email
+
+\textbf{$\Rightarrow$ show that email will survive}
+
+}
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{ch03: mail transfer agents}
+
+classification of MTAs
+
+masqmail's competitors
+
+short comparison
+
+\textbf{$\Rightarrow$ provide knowledge for next chapters}
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{ch04: masqmail's present and future}
+
+the goal (revive masqmail)
+
+requirements
+
+\quad\quad fulfilled requirements
+
+\quad\quad work to do
+
+ways for further development
+
+result
+
+\textbf{$\Rightarrow$ the core of the thesis: how to revive masqmail}
+
+}
+
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{digression: the result}
+
+``one fits all'' is not possible
+
+hence: different strategies for different goals
+
+short-term goal: keep masqmail usable\\
+\quad\quad$\rightarrow$ improve existing code
+
+long-term goal: make masqmail future-proof\\
+\quad\quad$\rightarrow$ recreate it from scratch
+
+disadvantage: more work
+
+}
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{ch05: improvement plans}
+
+improvements of current code
+
+a new design
+
+\textbf{$\Rightarrow$ recommendations how to do the proposed changes}
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+\frame{
+	\vfill\vfill
+	\centerline{\textbf{Thanks for your attention}}
+	\vfill
+}
+
+
+
+\frame{ \ft{software used}
+
+Debian GNU/Linux
+
+\LaTeX\ with the beamer classes
+
+Vim, latexmk, and Mercurial
+
+\vfill
+
+{\scriptsize The slides are available on \url{http://marmaro.de/docs} \hfill 2009-03-09 }
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+\end{document}
+
+
+
+
+
+\url{http://ulm.ccc.de/ChaosSeminar/2009/03_masqmail}