SchoolNet SA - SchoolMail dialup numbers

SchoolMail - dial-up numbers

SchoolMail uses both the SAIX and MWeb dialup infrastructures, with an email server on each network. New accounts are assigned to one of these networks depending on location and technical factors, but accounts are not interchangeable across networks.

This means that:

if you are currently using a SAIX dialup number, you may use any other SAIX number, but not MWeb numbers, and
if you are currently using a MWeb number, you may use any other MWeb number, but not a SAIX number.

Accounts may be switched from one network to another to solve technical problems on request.

Which network does my UUCP account use?

Accounts are allocated to either the MWeb or SAIX network according to the following guidelines:

If the school is within local call-distance of MWeb POPs, the account will be created on the MWeb network / server (as this requires less administration than creating SAIX accounts).
If the school is not within local call-distance of MWeb POPs, but within local call distance of a SAIX POP, the account will be created on the SAIX network / server.

Accounts which use MWeb POPs use the server ochre.school.za (official hostname uucp-uia.school.za ), hosted by MWeb in Cape Town. Accounts which use SAIX POPs use the server mopani.school.za (official hostname uucp-saix.school.za ), hosted by Intekom in Johannesburg. Both servers have the uucp node name "uucp".

If you are not sure which network your account uses, please contact SchoolMail Support .

Which network does my UUCP account use?

SAIX Dialup Numbers

MWeb Dialup Numbers

TCP/IP connections