[nycbug-talk] 5/19 @ 6:30PM Wietse Venema the author of Postfix on Postfix: past, present and future

Thu May 13 03:35:14 EDT 2010

Figured this would be of general enough interest to sysadmins of any ilk..

- Brian Gupta

New York City user groups calendar:
http://nyc.brandorr.com/

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Date: Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:30 AM
Subject: [nylug-announce] NYLUG Presents: 5/19 @ 6:30PM Wietse Venema
on Postfix: past, present and future
To: NYLUG Announcements <nylug-announce at nylug.org>

Wednesday, May 19, 2010
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
IBM
590 Madison Ave, 12th Floor
corner of 57th Street

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                               Wietse Venema
                                  - on -
                     Postfix: past, present and future

In the 12 years since its initial release by IBM, the open source Postfix
mail system has become part of the email infrastructure.  The system has
proven itself on personal systems and on ISP infrastructures with 10s of
millions of mailboxes.  After Postfix reached completion by 2006, the focus
of development has moved from building new functionality towards making the
system more extensible and more survivable in the face of changing threats
and requirements.  In this presentation Wietse will review lessons learned,
current developments, and some speculation about the future.

More Information:

 * Postfix Homepage
   http://www.postfix.org/

 * Homepage of Wietse Venema
   http://www.porcupine.org/

About Wietse Venema:
Wietse Venema is known for his software such as the TCP Wrapper and the
POSTFIX mail system.  He co-authored the SATAN network scanner and the
Coroner's Toolkit (TCT) for forensic analysis, as well as a book on
Forensic Discovery.  Wietse received awards from the Free Software
Foundation, the System Administrator's Guild (SAGE), the Netherlands UNIX
User Group (NLUUG), as well as a Sendmail innovation award.  He served a
two-year term as chair of the international Forum of Incident Response and
Security Teams (FIRST).  Wietse currently is a research staff member at the
IBM T.  J.  Watson research center.  After completing his Ph.D.  in physics
he changed career to computer science and never looked back.  In his spare
time he enjoys hiking and cycling with his wife, Annita.

Meeting Location:
 Please note that this meeting will be held at IBM, 590 Madison Ave,
 12th floor, corner of 57th Street, and not at Google.  This is
 the building with the IBM logo on the front of the building.

Map:
 http://nylug.org/mapofibm

Swag (Give Away):
 During/after the meeting... unusually terrific swag may be given
 away.

Stammtisch:
 After the meeting ... You may wish to join up with other NYLUGgers
 for drinks and pub food.  This month we'll be over at TGI Friday's
 (677 Lexington and 56th Street, Second floor, Northeast corner),
 but we are also evaluating other options for the future and welcome
 your suggestions.

 http://nylug.org/tgifridays

Time: 6:00pm
Duration: 2 hours
Location: NY Public Library Hudson Park Branch, 66 Leroy St., NY NY 10014

Topics:
 This week, we're going to continue looking at Smalltalk via Squeak.
 There may also be some discussion related to the C++ online workshop
 taking place on nylug-talk, and general discussion about Python.
 We'll be working through example code.

 Bring something to discuss! There's a blackboard, chalk, and Internet
 access.  Notebook computers are helpful but not required.
 All levels of Python experience from totally new to experienced welcome!

Resources:
 *  Squeak Smalltalk environment
    http://www.squeak.org/

 *  NYLUG-Talk list
    http://nylug.org/listinfo/nylug-talk/

Map & Directions:
 http://nylug.org/hackcalendar

 We meet in the basement. Enter the library and head to the back. If the
 door is closed when you arrive you can ask the manager of the library for
 the keys to the room if you're comfortable opening up the basement, or
 you can wait for some of the others to arrive.

Description:
 We will continue meeting on a bi-weekly basis at the Hudson Library at
 66 Leroy St New York, NY 10014.

 It is helpful, but not necessary to have a notebook computer.
 The WiFi at the library works now.

Mailing List:
 We have a mailing list!  Join it here:
 http://nylug.org/mailman/listinfo/hack

 or send mail to: hack-request at nylug.org
 with a Subject: subscribe

 There is also an RSS feed for the workshop mailing list at:
 http://nylug.org/mlist/hack.rss

IRC Channel:
 On Freenode, in #nylug-python .  Stop by #nylug also.

Older pyworkshop:

Time: 6:00pm
Duration: 2 hours
Location: NY Public Library Hudson Park Branch, 66 Leroy St., NY NY 10014

Topics:
 General discussion about Python, and working through example code.
 Bring something to discuss! There's a blackboard, chalk, and Internet
 access.  Notebook computers are helpful but not required.
 All levels of Python experience from totally new to experienced welcome!

Description:
 We will continue meeting on a bi-weekly basis at the Hudson Library at
 66 Leroy St New York, NY 10014.

 It is helpful, but not necessary to have a notebook computer.
 The WiFi at the library works now.

Map & Directions:
 http://nylug.org/pythoncalendar

 We meet in the basement. Enter the library and head to the back. If the
 door is closed when you arrive you can ask the manager of the library for
 the keys to the room if you're comfortable opening up the basement, or
 you can wait for some of the others to arrive.

Mailing List:
 We have a mailing list!  Join it here:
 http://nylug.org/mailman/listinfo/nylug-workshop

 or send mail to: nylug-workshop-request at nylug.org
 with a Subject: subscribe

 There is also an RSS feed for the workshop mailing list at:
 http://nylug.org/mlist/nylug-python.rss

IRC Channel:
 On Freenode, in #nylug-python .  Stop by #nylug also.  Next meetings
are May 11, and May 25.
 See the calendar at: http://nylug.org/pythoncalendar

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