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NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 2, issue 1, February 17, 1992)

Hello,

This is the first issue of the 1992 NeXT NUGGET NEWS DIGEST - a
collection of items of interest for the NeXT User Group members.
There are more than 270 NeXT User Groups in 30 countries around the
world.

If you wish to start a new NeXT user group locally or if you have a
NeXT User Group but have not registered it, please send email to
[e-mail].

(Several new recipients have been added to this mailing.  If you do
NOT wish to continue receiving future issues, please send email to
[e-mail].)

conrad

_____________________________________________________________________
NeXT NUGGET NEWS DIGEST, vol. 2, issue 1, February 17, 1992


     Table of Contents


      i.   NeXTWORLD Expo Update (including the NeXTWORLD Expo Index)
     ii.   A Seybold Special NeXT User Group Announcement - February 19

      I.   NeXT Technical Documentation
     II.   Imagine Multimedia software position open
    III.   NeXTConnection numbers, for your Rolodex file
     IV.   Companion Products From RightBrain Software
      V.   Adobe Technical Support
     VI.   Announcing New Executor Mailing list
    VII.   ABSOFT ports IMSL Fortran Libraries to NeXT
   VIII.   Visus Introduces SpeechKit for the NeXT
     IX.   RDR announces Development Tools for NeXT
      X.   Update on Interface Builder Tutorials
     XI.   To Friends of MediaView: MediaView is available
    XII.   Pages Software Development positions
   XIII.   NeXT System Administration Education Specialist
    XIV.   Project Manager for Persistence Software
     XV.   First National Bank of Chicago and NeXTstep developers
    XVI.   Software Design Engineer Position
   XVII.   NorthStar position available
  XVIII.   Stolen NeXT machines alert!


Conrad Geiger
International NeXT User Groups
Email: [e-mail]

____________________________________________________________________

i.  NeXTWORLD Expo Update

Hello,

As many of you may already know, the NeXTWORLD Expo was held in San Francisco
January 22-24, 1992 and sponsored by NeXTWORLD magazine.

Here are as few statistics from the "NeXTWORLD Expo Index"

    - number of NeXT user groups at the NeXTWORLD Expo: over 110
    - audience count at Steve Job's keynote:  3300
    - number of exhibitors on the show floor: 81
    - expected attendance at the developer's conference: 300
    - actual attendance at the developer's conference: 593
    - number of developer sessions that had to be repeated
       due to unexpected demand: 5
    - most requested follow-up item: Sun vs. NeXT video
    - number of pieces of NeXT collateral (information sheets and
        white papers) given out: over 85,000
    - number of NeXT bags given away: over 6,000
    - number of pounds of NeXT Software & Peripherals Calalogs
        given out:  8,276
    - number of NeXT User Group volunteers: over 250
    - number of hours user group members volunteered: over 1,500

There were over 250 volunteers that helped contribute over 1500
hours of service at this first NeXTWORLD Expo. I wish to express my
special thanks to the following few NeXT User Group leaders, advocates,
and NeXT enthusiasts whose volunteer efforts helped make the 1992
NeXTWORLD Expo a memorable event for the thousands of attendees:

        Dan Lavin
        Mitchel Roider
    Al Willis
        Kristin Kueter
        Steve Weissberg (co-hosted the NeXT User Group reception)
        Carolyn Coughlin (co-hosted the NeXT User Group reception)
        Mary McNamaman
        Alwyn Stewart
        John Van Heteran (did the two maps locating all 260 NeXT user groups)
        Joe Barello
        Jennifer Woodward
        Dave Kerkorian
        Jim Chan
        Eric P. Scott
        Thomas Gewecke
        Kristin Dyer
        Robert Nielsen
        Greg Burd
        Charles Perkins
        Mike Tatsugawa
        Elizabeth Mezias
        John Glover
        M. Carling
        Tim Reed
        David Pollak
        Cynthia Closkey
        Rick Reynolds
        Kazunori Shioya
        Michael Mahoney
        Paul Lynch
        Paul Beaumont
        Brian Dear
        Steve Costa
        Marcus Brueggemann
        Arthur C Kyle
        Shuichi Tashiro
        Hironobu Suzuki
        Paul Murphy
        Alex Cone
        Jiro Nakamura
        Joseph Chin
        Jon Rosen
    to the VNUS group members that drove the shuttle bus
        ...and to the scores of FOGNUG and BANG members

There were over 100 NeXT User Groups representing 22 countries at this year's
NeXTWORLD Expo. The award for the NeXT User Group that travelled the most miles
with the most members to attend this year's event was shared by the Tokyo group
(NeXus) and the United Kingdom group (UK NeXT User Group). Both of these groups
had in excess of 35,000 member-miles.  This was in spite of the largest
out-of-town representation of 27 members from the Vancouver, British Columbia
NeXT group (VNUS) and the 18 Albuquerque, New Mexico group members in
attendance.


conrad geiger

________________________________________________________________________

ii.  A Seybold Special NeXT User Group Announcement

From: [e-mail] (David Pollak)
Subject: BCS-NeXT/Seybold Blow-out meeting
Organization: Athena Design, Inc.

One Wednesday, February 19th, The Boston Computer Society NeXT Group will
hold  its annual Seybold Blow-out meeting.

It will all happen in rooms 202 and 204 at the Hynes Convention Center.

Schedule:

6 - 7  A reception hosted by Jonathan Seybold with hors d'ovres (rm 204)

7 -    The East Coast Preview of Altsys's Virtuoso
       Glenn Reid for Right Brain showing PasteUp
       Dano Ybarra UNIX products marketing Manager from Adobe
       David LaDuke from NeXT saying a few words
       Rumor of the month, prizes, a surprise or two, and much much more

BCS-NeXT members will receive passes to Seybold in the mail.  If you don't
your BCS card will get you in the door.  The meeting is open to all.  If
you're in Boston on the 19th, this is the place to be.

A special thanks to Beth Sadler and Jonathan Seybold for hosting the meeting.

--
David Pollak - [e-mail] - NeXTMail Compliant
Attorney at Law, Director, Boston Computer Society, NeXT Group,

____________________________________________________________________

I.  NeXT Technical Documentation

To order NeXT Techanical Documentation:

Call Addison-Wesley
1-800-447-2226

NeXTstep Reference
0-201-58136-1            $44.95

NeXT Developer Tools
0-201-58132-9            $24.95

NeXT Operating System SW
0-201-58131-9            $24.95

Sound, Music, Signal Processing:Reference
0-201-58146-9            $39..95

Sound, Music, Signal Processing:Concepts
0-201-58137-X            $19.95

total     $154.75 plus tax and shipping.

____________________________________________________________________

II.  Imagine Multimedia software position open

Imagine Multimedia, Inc. -   Software position open

Position open:
 - Several software design/programming positions are available to
       assist in the porting and development of multimedia software
       on NeXT and other Unix computers.
 - System adminstration and technical support positions are also
       avaliable.

Requirements:
 - NeXTstep programming experience.
 - UNIX, X-Windows, and Motif expertise is a plus.
 - 2 years industry experience and media background (sound, image,
       animation, etc.) desired.

Start Date: immediate

Send resumes and cover letters to:

   Imagine Multimedia, Inc.
   44 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
   P.O. Box 473
   Ann Arbor, MI  48106
   (please do not call directly)

        or

   Email: [e-mail] (NeXT mail encouraged)

____________________________________________________________________

III. NeXTConnection numbers, for your Rolodex file:

NeXTConnection's numbers are: 1-800/800-NeXT
                              1-603/446-7771
                         FAX  [phone]

____________________________________________________________________

IV.  Companion Products From RightBrain Software

USER GROUP SPECIAL PRICING!

Portfolio

Portfolio is a visual palette for EPS and TIFF files that fully supports
the drag-and-drop metaphor.  You can drag images into the scrolling window
and it will display a small-scale "thumbnail" of the image for reference.
You can then drag it directly from the Portfolio window into PasteUp, Mail,
Adobe Illustrator, or any application that supports EPS and TIFF files.


RightBrain Rulers

RightBrain Rulers are horizontal and vertical guides that float above
every application. Whether your creating a quick document or an elegant graphic
design, RightBrain Rulers make it easier to align text, compare image sizes,
and position graphics. RightBrain Rulers can be scaled to match any zoom level,
and are capable of measuring in inches, centimeters, points or picas.


LockScreen

Lets you password protect your screen instead of logging out.
Keep folders and applications open when you're away from your desk, and be
confident that they won't be seen or manipulated when you're not there.
LockScreen also protects your screen from burn-in with a mesmerizing
random word display or your own custom graphic.


LaunchPad

Creates a scrolling list of active icons, including documents,
folders and applications, that you can access just like icons in the Dock.
LaunchPad lets you increase the workable space on your screen, while
providing direct access to all your icons.



ALSO, DON'T FORGET THAT RIGHTBRAIN SELLS FONTS!!!

The AdobeType Library for NeXT

Over 200 font packages, representing approximately 1000 type faces, from the
Adobe Type Library.  These are genuine Adobe fonts which have been
developed specifically for NeXT Computers. Priced identical to Macintosh
fonts from The Adobe Type Library.  We also have a brand new FONT HOTLINE
dedicated to fonts:  1-800-525-FONT.

 Glenn Reid                     NeXTMail: [e-mail]
 RightBrain Software            415-326-2974 (NeXTfax 326-2977)

____________________________________________________________________

V.  Adobe Technical Support

Members of the Adobe Technical Support are available to assist you with
your NeXT Illustrator, NeXT Font, and Adobe TouchType questions.  If you
would like to report bugs or have issues that you would like to route
directly to Adobe, please send them to [e-mail] or call
415-961-4992 and press 3 at the beginning of the recording to get directly
through to the NeXT support group.  Our support hours are  M-TH 6am-5pm,
Fri 6am-2pm Pacific Standard Time.

We welcome your comments and suggestions on how to improve our products.

-Adobe Technical Support

____________________________________________________________________

VI.  Announcing New Executor Mailing list

From: [e-mail]

  I've started an executor mailing list for anyone who has purchased a
copy of executor or is just interested in listening in.  The purpose
of the list is to share information about executor, different Mac
applications that work under executor, and anything else that people
want to discuss. I know that I am interested in sharing things that
I've learned.  I imagine that there are others who would like to do
the same.

To have your address added to the list send a request to:

            [e-mail]

To post to the list send to:

            [e-mail]

____________________________________________________________________

VII.  ABSOFT ports IMSL Fortran Libraries to NeXT

Absoft Corporation has ported the IMSL Complete FORTRAN Libraries
Group to the NeXT environment. The IMSL Libraries consist of nearly 800
exhaustively tested FORTRAN subroutines for use with applications in the
fields of mathematics, the sciences, and statistical analysis. Prices
start at - for a single user license. Volume discounts and
site licenses are available.

For further information contact:

Wood Lotz, Absoft Corporation
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: absoft![e-mail]

____________________________________________________________________

VIII.  Visus Introduces SpeechKit for the NeXT

Visual Understanding Systems introduces SpeechKit, a powerful new
developer's tool for adding speech recognition to your applications.
SpeechKit makes it fast and easy to build applications that use speech
recognition in a natural and comfortable way. SpeechKit is speaker
independent - it recognizes women, men, even people with accents,
without training. SpeechKit's ability to recognize continous speech
allows users to speak naturally without pausing between words.

SpeechKit builds its vocabulary directly from your application's command
list. You can develop grammars up to 1000 words without having to
become a speech expert. With smaller grammars, your application can
recognize commands almost before the user finishes speaking.

SpeechKit uses the hidden markov model technology rated as the Business Week
Technological innovation of the year.

Call Visus at [phone], or 1-800-36VISUS (1-800-368-4787)
____________________________________________________________________

IX. RDR announces Development Tools for NeXT
(Demo versions of these are located on the cs.orst.edu archive site under
/pub/next/submissions.)

For Immediate Release
Contact:  Chris Walters
Phone: [phone]

RDR, Inc. ANNOUNCES FAMILY OF DEVELOPMENT TOOLS FOR THE NeXT WORKSTATION

RESTON, VA., December 4, 1991.  At the NeXT Federal Expo, RDR, Inc.
introduced PowerPalettes.  PowerPalettes is a series of loadable palettes
for use with Interface Builder, the powerful application development
tool provided with the extended release of NeXTstep system software.

PowerPalettes consists of five palettes designed to provide developers
access to useful graphical interface components.  Members of the
PowerPalettes family include RDRSwitchView, RDRSoundPalette,
RDRSelector, RDREnvelopeEditor, and RDRGadgets.

The RDRSwitchView palette assists programmers in managing off screen views
and the presentation of those views on the screen in response to user
actions. The RDRSoundPalette consolidates sound recording, playback,
and editing capabilities into a group of user interface components.
The RDRSelector provides a mechanism for users to select items from an
onscreen list, with options provided for bulk loading of large data sets.
The RDREnvelopeEditor allows the user to edit the X Y pairs which
define signal envelopes for use with the NeXT Music Kit.  The
RDRGadgets palette allows programmers to easily add graphical objects
such as lines, rectangles, and circles to their user interfaces without
using an external draw package.

PowerPalettes will ship in the first quarter of 1992. University discounts
are available for non-commercial use.


PowerPalettes

PowerPalettes are a series of loadable palettes for use with Interface
Builder, the standard tool for application development shipped with
every extended release of the NeXT Operating System.


RDRSwitchView

During the development of applications, it is frequently necessary to
provide a custom view which is used to display a series of other views
in response to a user action.  A common use for this type of view is
in the development of object inspectors, or other applications where
available screen space is limited.

RDRSelector

The RDRSelector fills a much needed gap for developers in all
application domains.  The RDRSelector provides a visual list
which the user can select values from.  The programmer has complete
control over the visual attributes of the selector, including title
placement, border type, and color, and the behavior of the selector
such as single or multiple selection mode, target, and actions.

RDRSoundPalette

The NeXT machine has very powerful multimedia capabilities,
which include the ability to sample sound from on board microphones.
Until now, application programmers who have wanted to include sound
annotations or sound processing in their applications have had to create
custom views which access the objects of the Sound Kit.  The RDRSound
palette provides flexible and powerful packaging of all the necessary
components of the Sound Kit for inclusion in application programs.

RDRGadgets

InterfaceBuilder is an extremely powerful program which allows the rapid
development of user interfaces and application programs for the NeXT computer.
However, a number of user interface elements are not present either in the
application kit or directly in InterfaceBuilder. The RDRGadgets palette
provides a number of these types of objects, which are useful in the
design of user interfaces.  These include line, box, and circle views
which can be manipulated directly by the programmer within InterfaceBuilder.

RDREnvelopeEditor

An envelope is a function which describes how a particular parameter
affects a sound over time.  RDREnvelopeEditor provides a way for users to
graphically create and edit envelopes for use with the NeXT Music Kit.

Chris Walters
Email: [e-mail]


____________________________________________________________________

X.  Update on Interface Builder Tutorials

From: Eric Scott of FOGNUG (San Francisco NeXT User Group)

>Can anyone point out the errors in the IB tutorial in the NeXT Developer's
>tools book? When I tried to run the calculator project, it doesn't calculate
>and it quits when I click the button. I checked my project and it seems okay.

NeXT subsequently released a significantly updated/corrected
replacement, available for anonymous FTP from

sonata.cc.purdue.edu [128.210.15.30] as
pub/next/docs/NeXT_IB_Tutorial.tar.Z

Also, check out Mike Mahoney's excellent presentation in
pub/next/Newsletters/SCaNeWS/IB_tutorial.ps.Z

                    -=EPS=-

____________________________________________________________________

XI.  To Friends of MediaView: MediaView is available

After the passage of far too much time, I have finally placed a copy
of MediaView on nova.cc.purdue.edu in the submissions directory. I'll
have more information on sample documents, extending MediaView, etc.
in a day or two.  Right now though, I'm heading off to the slopes for
a few hours of skiing.

Please send all comments and questions to me at [e-mail].

Dick Phillips

____________________________________________________________________

XII.  Pages Software Development positions

Pages Software Inc. (aka the Banzai Research Institute) is
still looking for a few good NeXT developers to help our rapidly
growing development team change the world, one obejct at a time.

Qualifications are (in rough order of priority):
* significant NeXT programming experience
* strong background in data structure design and manipulation
* prior work on a commerically-shipping software product
* experience in developing document manipulation, layout, editing code
* multi-platform experience (X/Motif, Windows, Mac)
* fondness for pizza, barbeque, noodles and/or sushi

We still offer a great work environment, beautiful location, competitive
salaries, stock options, medical and dental benefits, and your own office
(well, once we move into our new building).  Expect long hours, hard work,
short deadlines, lots of fun, boon companions, and lunch on Fridays.

If you're going to be at NeXTWORLD Expo this week, please feel free to grab any
of the Pages staff, who will be attending in force (Bruce Webster, Bruce
Henderson, Greg Kostello, Kevin Berg, John Choi), or to drop off your
resume (attn: Bruce Webster) at our hotel, Inn at the Opera, 333
Fulton Street (about 2 blocks north west of the Civic Auditorium).

Please respond via e-mail (if possible); NeXTmail welcomed.

Bruce F. Webster ([e-mail])
Director, R&D, Pages Software Inc.
3914 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite A-160
San Diego, CA 92123
VOX: 619/492-9050
FAX: [phone]


____________________________________________________________________

XIII.  NeXT System Administration Education Specialist

NeXT Computer Inc. is seeking a highly-skilled and energetic person to
join the Customer Education team.  The role of the Networking and System
Administration Education Specialist is to deliver and develop courses on
administering and supporting stand-alone and networked NeXT computer systems.

The Systems Administration Education Specialist will participate in
evaluating the effectiveness of training and course materials, and help
evolve the curriculum and programs to meet the needs of NeXT's customers,
and track new NeXT software and hardware products.

The skills required to fill this position successfully include:

+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills
+ Ability to deliver classroom training
+ Knowledge of UNIX networking and systems administration
+ Ability to develop and design course curriculum

The experience to fill this position successfully includes:

+ Technical computing, preferably in UNIX network and systems administration
+ Public presentation or training experience.

In addition, experience of a variety of network administration, hardware
troubleshooting, and administering NeXT computers are all desirable. This
position requires a person who cares about people, and thrives in a team-
oriented environment.  Some travel is required.

Direct resumes or inquires to:

Marc Majka
NeXT Computer Inc.
123 Saginaw Drive
Redwood City,  CA  94063

or e-mail (WriteNow, WordPerfect, Frame, or PostScript only, please):

    [e-mail]

____________________________________________________________________

XIV.  Project Manager for Persistence Software

THE OPPORTUNITY

        Persistence Software (formerly Fulcrum Innovations), a
developer of object oriented software tools for the Sun and NeXT, has
a need for a senior software engineer to act as technical product
manager for our NeXT products.  This position offers significant
opportunity and challenge for an entrepreneurial engineer.

        We are building an object oriented extension to Oracle and
Sybase.  We have received considerable interest in the product and
have sold three licenses based on the NeXT prototype alone.  Our
primary focus is on delivering a product on the Sun platform, yet we
see a real opportunity in the NeXT market.  We are looking for a
software engineer with strong technical and managerial capabilities who
can take reponsibility for the NeXT product and make it a success.


RESPONSIBILITIES

        The NeXT Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing
the product launch and subsequent development of the Persistence
product on the NeXT.  This will include:

        - Completing product development on the NeXT platform (currently
          have a robust prototype, need to add support for dbkit).

        - Assisting in marketing, sales and support for NeXT customers

        - Creating a vision for Persistence Software in the NeXT
          marketplace, including planning additional products, hiring
          and managing the NeXT development team.

WHAT WE NEED

We are looking for the following specific skills:

        1. Software development experience: significant experience in
           building commercial software, from analysis and design to
           product launch and customer support.

        2. Relational database experience:  Extensive experience in
           designing and building relational database applications
           (preferably on Oracle, Sybase or DB2).

        3. NeXT experience: familiarity with Objective-C, NeXTstep,
           mach and the Appkit would be preferred.  Failing this, a
           strong background in Unix and C++ or Smalltalk development.

        4. Fit with company culture: passionate, jellybean consuming,
            entrepreneurial.

If you are interested, please contact:

                Christopher Keene
                Persistence Software
                1650 S. Amphlett Blvd., Suite 100
                San Mateo, CA 94402

                fax: [phone]
                email:  lodstar![e-mail]

____________________________________________________________________

XV.  First National Bank of Chicago and NeXTstep developers

The Capital Markets Group of The First National Bank of Chicago is looking for
NeXT application developers for financial trading applications.  Development is
on NeXT machines using NeXTStep, Objective-C and Sybase.

LOCATION:
   Chicago's Financial District

REQUIRED:
   NeXTStep development experience
   Objective-C programming experience
   C experience
   Excellent communication skills
   Ability to work as part of a project team.
   Self-motivated with the ability to work under time-contraints.

DESIRABLE:
   Financial trading experience (options/swaps)
   Familarity with Sybase -- DB-Lib and Transact-sql or SQL RDBMS knowledge

E-MAIL YOUR RESUME TO:
   [e-mail]
   (Please indicate if you will be available during NeXTWorld Expo)

OR, SEND COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO:

   Pauline Philipps-Zabel
   Systems Application Manager
   First National Bank of Chicago
   One First National Plaza -- Suite 0581
   Chicago, IL 60670

____________________________________________________________________

XVI.  Software Design Engineer Position

Position:       Software Design Engineer
                (1-4 years experience)

When:           March 1992

Location: San Jose, California

Qualifications:

                - US Citizen
                - Computer Scientist/Engineer
                - Masters preferred
                - Independent Design and Development experience
                - Extensive experience with Unix/Mach
                - NeXT - NeXTStep, Unix computers with X-windows and GUI
                - Objective-C, but C++ acceptable
                - User Interface Design & Development
                - Database experience preferred
                - Network Architectures
                - Travel within USA
                - Security clearances desirable

Environment:

           PDH, Inc. is a small software development company specializing in
           systems solutions using the NeXT computer. Our customers are both
           commercial and government. We provide an excellent opportunity to
           have an impact on the direction of a company. Will be able to work
           closely with customers as well as with the team on internal
           products.

Contact:

                Peter Murray or Kathy DeMartini
                PDH, Inc.
                2635 North First Street
                Suite 224
                San Jose, CA 95134

                Tel: [phone]
                Fax: [phone]
                E-mail: [e-mail]


____________________________________________________________________________

XVII.   NorthStar position available

NorthStar Tech., Inc. is a new company located in Manhattan (New York City)
doing software development and consulting on the NeXT Machine.  NorthStart
Technologies is looking for full-time software developers with NeXT Machine
experience.  Those interested should contact Khurshed Birdie (president)
or Tim Mukherjee (manager, software engineering) at [phone].
Resumes and replies can be FAXed to [phone] or mailed to:

NorthStar Technologies, Inc., 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 300, NY, NY 10170.

____________________________________________________________________

XVIII.  Stolen NeXT machines alert!

Be on the lookout for stolen NeXT machines...

This is a repost of a report of the theft of some NeXT equipment from a
University of Houston Lab around 12-26-91 @ 5am. This list contains a
complete list of part numbers and serial numbers of the NeXT
equipment stolen, The ethernet addresses are also included, for
vendors requiring hostid registration. If you are know of any
infomation regarding this, please contact the University of Houston Police
Dept@(713)-749-4111.


Description---------------------------- PN----- SN-------- EtherAddr----

NeXT cube-24mb,256 OD,40mb scsi drive   N1000   AAK0002356
                                        CPU     AAX??????? 0:0:F:0:89:4A
NeXT cube-16mb,40mb scsi drive          N1000   AAK0006216
                                        CPU     AAX0014546 0:0:F:0:A1:AD
NeXT cube-16mb,256 OD,40mb scsi drive   N1000   AAK0018572
                                        CPU     AAX0013109 0:0:F:0:8E:82
NeXTstation-16mb,floppy,100mb scsi driv N1100   ABB0011633 0:0:F:0:D8:F9
NeXT Monochrome Monitor                 N4000   AAA5002221
NeXT Monochrome Monitor                 N4000   AAA5008326
NeXT Monochrome Monitor                 N4000A  AAA7002116
NeXT keyboard                           196     AAE0211169
NeXT keyboard                           196     AAE9307772
NeXT keyboard                           196     AAE5002218
NeXT Mouse                              193     AAF0210699
NeXT Mouse                              193     AAF3102598
NeXT Mouse                              193     AAF3102036
NeXT 400 dpi Laser Printer              N2000   AAC0001524
----------------------------------------------------------
Charles Chambers         (713)-749-2531
University of Houston    [e-mail]
College of Engineering   [e-mail] (NeXTMail)




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