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Thus spake raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen):
>
> SAPONET             the South African Post Office's X.25 network (#6550)
>                     s873561@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Michael Barnett) reports
>                     that the alleged gateway via
>                         user%sapo.net.com@ames.arc.nasa.gov
>                     simply bounces.  There seems to be some way to sneak
>                     in via FidoNet; send mail to
>                         MAILSRV.RURES@f4.n494.z5.fidonet.org
>                     containing the message `SEND UNINODE' for details.
>                     The postmaster for Saponet appears to be
>                         Barrett.UNDEE@f4.n494.z5.fidonet.org

The first line is correct, thereafter, I fear, the figment of Mr Chen's
imagination.  Yes, SAPONET is the SA Post Office's X.25 network.  It
is, however, merely a physical network, on which subscribers can rent
X.25 ports, PVCs, SVCs, attatch PADs, etc.  There is _NO_ mail facility
or any other type of Value Added Service.

I have been able to connect from Saponet to Tymnet, so I assume that
a reverse connection is possible, but I do not know what the NUA would
be to connect in this way.

South Africa _does_ have at least two networks, apart from the Fidonet
network here.  One is Uninet-ZA, which links the universities.  The
Uninet office also administer the .ZA domain.  You might wish to contact
VICSHAW@FRD.AC.ZA, or barrett@daisy.ee.und.ac.za or ccfj@quagga.ru.ac.za
for more information.  Uninet-ZA runs (mostly) on TCP/IP over leased
lines, with a few IBM hosts running RSCS, and Vaxen running Decnet.

There is also a UUCP-based network called Sanet, which includes a 
portion of Uninet-ZA.  As with the UUCP network in the states,
there is no postmaster for the net as a whole.  To get mail to
someone on a non-academic machine in SA, try using a bang-path of
``...!ddsw1!olsa99!machine!user'', or ``user%machine%olsa99@ddsw1.mcs.com''


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