Soviet Unix User Group

[Daan Sandee]

In article <3503 at syma.sussex.ac.uk> stevedc at syma.sussex.ac.uk (Stephen Carter) writes:
[ re: suug.fi]
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===Welcome.  Our mailer won't yet (?) accept your domain.

Most European nameservers know about suug.su. So does uunet.

sun16>nslookup
Default Server:  vaxmom.scri.fsu.edu
Address:  192.70.169.250

> server uunet.uu.net
Default Server:  uunet.uu.net
Address:  192.48.96.2

> set q=mx
> set nodef
> suug.su
Server:  uunet.uu.net
Address:  192.48.96.2

suug.su preference = 100, mail exchanger = mcsun.eu.net
suug.su preference = 200, mail exchanger = uunet.uu.net
mcsun.eu.net    inet address = 192.16.202.1
uunet.uu.net    inet address = 192.48.96.2
uunet.uu.net    inet address = 137.39.1.2
>

They're not on Internet, but they appear to have a uucp link to fuug.fi 
(Finnish Unix user group).
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===Strange that the Net reaches the Soviet Union but not (seemingly) Japan?

Lots of postings from Japan on Usenet. Lots of Internet and uucp access.

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===Stephen Carter, Systems Manager, The Administration,
===The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK
===Tel: +44 273 678203  Fax: +44 273 678335     JANET: stevedc at uk.ac.sussex.syma
===EARN/BITNET  : stevedc at syma.sussex.ac.uk      UUCP: stevedc at syma.uucp
===ARPA/INTERNET: stevedc%syma.sussex.ac.uk at nsfnet-relay.ac.uk