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 \mainmatter
 \maketitle
-\begin{abstract}
-  \noindent The Scheme Untergrund Network Package (\textit{SUnet} for short) is
-  a set of libraries for Internet hacking.  Among the implemented
-  protocols are server-side http, client-side ftp, server-side ftp,
-  client-side DNS, client-side nettime, client-side POP3, client-side
-  SMTP.  SUnet also contains a number of libraries for Web
-  programming: a small package for outputting HTML, a CGI library, as
-  well as some other utilities.
-\end{abstract}
+
 \tableofcontents
 
 \include{intro}