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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK JANUARY 1999 ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. UNIGROUP'S JANUARY 1999 GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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      When:  Thursday, January 21, 1999

     Where:  The Chase Manhattan Bank
             55 Water Street (enter at Old Slip)
             South Tower
             13th Floor, Conference Room C

      Time:  6:00 PM - 6:30 PM  Registration
             6:20 PM - 6:35 PM  Ask the Wizard,
                                Questions, Answers and Current Events
             6:35 PM - 6:45 PM  Unigroup Business
             6:45 PM - 9:30 PM  Main Presentation

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     Topic:  The PostFix Mail Server  
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   Speaker:  Wietse Venema  
	     IBM            


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  ** H A P P Y   N E W   Y E A R **
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  Introduction:
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  Wietse Venema is known throughout the world as the author of popular, freely
  available Security Tools 
  such as Satan (co-author), TCP Wrappers, Portmap and LogDaemon.

  Postfix was written by Wietse Venema in an attempt to provide an alternative
  to the widely-used Sendmail  program.  Postfix
  attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure, while at the same
  time being sendmail compatible enough to not upset existing users.

  Postfix is said to be up to three times as fast as its nearest competitor
  [I'm guessing this means qmail ], which means a
  desktop PC running Postfix should be able to receive and deliver a million
  different messages per day.  Postfix uses web server tricks to reduce
  process creation overhead and uses other tricks to reduce file system
  overhead, without compromising reliability.

  Note that Postfix used to be called VMailer.


  Description of Talk: 
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  PostFix - What it is and what it does.


  Speaker Biography: 
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  (Autobiographical, Extracted from Mr. Venema's Web Page)

  Previous life:

  In a previous life I studied physics at Groningen University in the
  Netherlands, where I also did my Ph.D. dissertation. 

  Then I spent 12 years at Eindhoven University, also in the Netherlands,
  as systems architect at the Mathematics and Computing Science department. 

  For 10 years, part of that university time was devoted to writing tools
  for automated translation of EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) messages.
  First with Nedlloyd, then with Encompass (now Calixon).  This is the
  best software that I have written so far. 

  Current life:

  Most people know me from software that I wrote to protect systems
  against Internet intruders. This began in 1990 when Eindhoven University
  was connected to the Internet. 

  I have given away the programs that I use myself, so that other people
  can inspect them, and can use the programs that they trust.  By now,
  this software has an installed base of millions of systems.

  I am continuing this tradition with IBM, at the Thomas J. Watson
  Research Center, in the USA.  The first result is Postfix.  This is
  mail server software that is fast, easy to configure, and hopefully
  secure.  I wrote it for those who seek an alternative to the
  widely-used Sendmail software that delivers billions of email
  messages daily. 

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  Complimentary Refreshments will be served.

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  Directions:
     55 Water Street is between Water Street & Front Streets at Old Slip...
     about 7 blocks south of Fulton St. and the South Street Seaport.
     Take 4 train to Bowling Green & Walk Due East;
     Take 2/3 trains to Wall Street, Walk East to Water St.
          then walk South 5 blocks;
     Take M/J trains to Broad St., Walk East to Water St.;
     Take N/R trains to Whitehall St., Walk North East to Water St.
     There is parking on the street (after 6:30-7pm) and there is a lot
          right in the building, entrance on Old Slip.
     Walking from Wall St., follow William St. south which bends around
          and leads you to Hanover Sq. and Old Slip is across Water Street.

  Room Location Specifics:
     Enter the building at Old Slip.  To get to the South Tower of the
     complex, you enter the building at Old Slip at the "North Tower"
     doors.  This entrance is is immediately to the right of the main
     entrance, towards Water Street.  Go past the guard's desk (mentioning
     you are heading for Unigroup) to the elevator bank and go to the 13th
     floor.  When you get to the 13th floor, follow the signs leading you
     to the meeting room.

     The signs will lead you from the elevator, through a set of doors
     (soda machine will be on your left), then past the cafeteria.  After
     the cafeteria, you see another "lobby" area.  Walk past the cash
     machines, make a left and look for a sign marking the meeting room.
     Conference Room C will be on your left.

     If you come very early, we may not have the signs in place yet, but
     hopefully these directions will get you to the meeting room.
     If you arrive before Unigroup Board Members, please be patient and
     wait for us to arrive.  The building cafeteria is open to the public.

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  Fee Schedule:
         Yearly Membership (includes all meetings):      $ 50.00
       * Non-Member Single Meeting:                      $ 20.00
         Student Yearly Membership:                      $ 20.00
         Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with ID):    $  5.00
    ==>  UniForum/Unigroup Joint Yearly Membership       $140.00
         Cash, Check, American Express.
       * Employees of Chase (with ID) can attend general meetings at no charge.

    ==>  Unigroup is the Greater NYC Regional Area Affiliate
         of UniForum - an International Unix Users Group.
         Our Joint Membership Program gives you FULL membership
         in both organizations for a discounted price.
         UniForum membership is currently $95.00 per year.
         For information about UniForum visit http://www.uniforum.org.
         UniForum membership benefits include various discount programs as
         well as a subscription to the "Open Systems Product Directory,"
         an important resource for Unix Users.  The Directory contains
         information on Unix related hardware, software and services.

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  Please mark this meeting on your calendar and join us!
  Please tell your friends about Unigroup!

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2. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
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  The Unigroup Board of Directors is looking for a handful of new people to
  help run the group.  We have had a few people retire from the The Board of
  Directors so there are vacancies on the Board which need to be filled.

  Please- Even if you do not want the responsibility (and benefits) of
  being a Unigroup Board Member, we still need your help.  The Board meets
  monthly for a dinner meeting where we plan the group's activities.  If
  you would like to help out, you are invited to attend the Board meeting.

  Unigroup is a not-for-profit, volunteer organization... nothing happens
  unless we make it happen and we need YOUR help to get things done!

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3. UNIGROUP INFORMATION
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  Unigroup is one of the oldest and largest Unix User's Groups serving the
  Greater New York City Regional Area since the early 1980s.  Unigroup is
  not-for-profit, vendor-neutral and member funded volunteer organization.
  Unigroup holds regular and special event meetings throughout the year on
  technical topics relating to Unix and the Unix User Community.   Unigroup
  is also the Greater NYC Regional Area Affiliate of UniForum - an
  International Unix Users Group.

  Thanks to Chase, Unigroup holds regular meetings planned for the Third
  THURSDAY of Odd Months at The Chase Manhattan Bank, 55 Water Street, NYC.
  Planned meeting dates are: 1/21/99, 3/18/99, 5/20/99, 7/15/99,...
  Watch for our Special Event meetings at the various trade shows in NYC.

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  To contact the Board of Directors of Unigroup, send an EMail message to:
        uniboard@unigroup.org

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        editor@unigroup.org

  If you have recently attended a meeting and you are not receiving
  Email or U.S. Mail announcements, please send us an Email and we will
  make corrections to our lists.

  Please Email the Board with any suggestions, especially potential meeting
  topics and speakers.  Unigroup welcomes contributions and content
  suggestions for our newsletter.  Unigroup is a volunteer organization and
  we need your assistance!  Please let us know if you can help!

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I hope to see you all at our next meeting!

-Rob Weiner
 Unigroup Executive Director
 unilist@unigroup.org

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