Exim Conference 2005 -- call for papers

Philip Hazel ran an Exim course last week in Robinson College
in Cambridge, and several people expressed interest in a more
general conference-style event.  Philip isn't interested in
organizing it himself, but we here at UIT (who publish Philip's
Exim book) are considering taking it on.

The call for papers (below) outlines what it might offer.

If you might be interested in attending, please let me know.  We'll
have to book a venue long in advance, so we need to get a feel for the
numbers that might be involved.  (Of course, at this stage nothing you
say commits you definitely, but we must know if we'll be looking for a
venue for 50 people or 500!)

All comments gratefully received.

	Thanks,
	Niall

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			Exim Conference 2005
		Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers

Purpose:

	* provide a forum to discuss practical experiences using Exim,
	  for a wide range of users, from ISPs to tiny sites
	* offer tutorials on specific Exim topics that are widely
	  requested or very relevant at the time (e.g. spam filtering
	  today)
	* provide a venue for the Exim community, for informal
	  networking and meeting socially
	* complement Phil Hazel's excellent courses on Exim, not
	  replace them.

Location:

	Cambridge, England

Duration & date:

	Target date is near Easter 2005, i.e. late March or early April

	We'll aim for a two-day event, on a Thursday and Friday, so if
	people can easily add a day or two's sightseeing at the end
	if they want to.

Timetable:
	---------- Day-0 ----------

	Evening		(Optional evening meal for early arrivals, so 
			people can meet up if they want to.)

	---------- Day-1 ----------

	Morning		Choice of two tutorials:
			1. Introductory
			   (e.g. setting up a basic configuration file for a
			   simple Exim site)
			2. Advanced.
			   (e.g. Spam and virus scanning with Exim)

	Afternoon	Conference papers
			BOFs ( 17:00 - 18:30)

	Evening		Social event / conference dinner

	---------- Day-2 ----------

	All day		Conference papers (until about 16:00)

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Call for papers, tutorials, BOF topics

	Please e-mail Niall Mansfield (nmm (AT) uit.co.uk) with:
	* subject/summary of a paper if you'd consider giving
	  a talk at the conference
	* suggestions for tutorials
	* suggestions for BOFs		
	* any other ideas	

Further information:

	Mailing list:
		To be kept informed of developments, we'll set up
		a mailing list.  E-mail exim-conf-request (AT) uit.co.uk
		if you want to be added.  (We'll set up a proper
		mailman list in due course.)

	Web pages:
		http://www.uit.co.uk/exim-conference

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