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From: fair@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Erik E. Fair)
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Subject: Re: problem with an address in norway
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Date: 24 Jan 88 23:41:03 GMT
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In the referenced article, lamy@ai.toronto.edu (Jean-Francois Lamy) writes:

	"no" is a *domain* (Norway), and as such, can contain
	machines from many networks (just like .com contains machines
	not on the Internet).  Indeed, tor.uta.no is the name of
	the gateway to the old uninett, a X.400 network (X.400 is
	a ISO standard).

Uh, sorry, X.400 is a CCITT standard - they're different from the ISO.

	Meanwhile, you can try adding a second gateway explicitly,
	as follows

		s_helmersen%use.uio.uninett%tor.uta.no@relay.cs.net

	Assuming that relay.cs.net indeed relays mail to "no" --
	can't check easily, as we have a direct X.400 link, but am
	pretty sure it does -- the address you gave should have
	worked from an ARPA site running a name server.

Actually the name of the site is

	tor.NTA.no

which is the Norwegian Telecommunications Administration (Televerke).
They're a SATNET site (Class A network 4; CSNET has nothing to do
with it at all) about 10km outside of Oslo, Norway.  NTA is on the
Internet for real through the good graces of a satellite in
geosynchronous orbit above the Atlantic Ocean.  They are a domain
server site too, for the "no" domain.

So, to really make that address work right, it should read:

	s_helmersen%use.uio.uninett@tor.nta.no

UIO is the University of Oslo, which is also in the Internet,
through a leased line to NTA (see "ifi.uio.no").

	Erik E. Fair	ucbvax!fair	fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu