Meetings

Extracting the Ham
from Spam

David J. Young

Tuesday January 23rd 2007 at 7:00pm
Wheaton, Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus, Room 103

Abstract

Internet novices would find it difficult to comprehend there used to be a time not so long ago when all email was legitimate. But just a little over 10 years ago, the rest of the world discovered e-mail and the Internet has never been the same. Since 1995, the volume of illegitimate email received in our inboxes has grown to where it is now estimated that 80 to 85% of all email is unsolicited bulk email (UBE); or what's more commonly known as "spam".

Corporate IT departments, ISPs and individual users are all trying to figure out how to identify and then remove this cancer from our mailboxes.

This talk will discuss one open source spam filtering solution called the Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy. We'll briefly explore the art and science of spam filtering, look at the strategies employed by ASSP, and then review its real world effectiveness.

Bio

David J. Young has over 21 years experience as a programmer, systems, network and database administrator. He is currently the IT Director at National Cycle, a world leader in motorcycle windshield and accessories manufacturing. It is his ideal job. It combines computers and motorcycling; two of his life-long passions. When he's not on a computer, he's exploring a new European or US twisty backroad on his sport bike, or aggressively slicing through the trees on his dirt bike.

Getting to the meeting

The next General meeting of UniForum Chicago will be:

        IIT Rice Campus
        Room 103
        201 East Loop Road
        Wheaton, IL 60187-8489
Directions to IIT - Rice Campus in Wheaton
The 19-acre campus is located just northeast of the intersection of Naperville and Butterfield roads in sou th Wheaton's Danada development. The campus is three miles west of the Butterfield Road interchange of the N orth-South Tollway (I-355) and two miles north of the Naperville Road interchange of the East-West Tollway ( I-88).

From the North or South: From I-355 (North-South Tollway), exit westbound at Rt.56/Butterfield Road and proceed west 3 1/2 miles on B utterfield Road to East Loop Road. Turn right onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building. Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

From the I-294 (Tri-State Tollway), take the I-88 (East-West Tollway) westbound and follow directions "From the East or West" below.

From the East or West: From I-88 (East-West Tollway), take the Naperville Road exit. At the traffic light, turn left onto Naperville Road and continue north for 1\275 miles to Rt. 56/Butterfield Road. Turn right onto Rt. 56/Butterfield Road and proceed 1/4 mile to the first traffic light (East Loop Road). Turn left on to East Loop Road, ( Phillip's 66 Gas station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building.

Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

Contact Scott Nemec at (630) 990-6265 or president@uniforum.chi.il.us for additional information.


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