Subj : Fido Package Deluxe
To   : Torsten Bamberg
From : Martin Foster
Date : Thu Feb 08 2018 09:08:48

Hello Torsten!

On 06.02.18 at 19:29:39, Torsten Bamberg wrote to Martin Foster:
 TB> 06.02.2018 12:00, Martin Foster schrieb an Torsten Bamberg:

 TB>>> IPRoute was written by Volker Imre. From IPRoute there are no
 TB>>> sourcecodes available. Also Volker has left fidonet about 10 years ago.
 TB>>> There is an alternative, called tiroute. If something won't work with
 TB>>> tiroute and fido deluxe, send me a detailed bugreport, and I will
 TB>>> fix/change it.
 MF>> OK, thanks for that. However, the included version of BinkD is *very*
 MF>> old(0.9.7), so I've replaced it in my own setup with a newer
 MF>> version(1.1a-49). As I'm a bit "rusty" with BinkD, I'm not sure if I
 MF>> actually need any of these utilities at all.
 TB> Well, IPRoute also like tiroute gets the IP-Nodes from the nodelist and
 TB> writes a binkd-compatible list. This is usefull for requests to other
 TB> node-sysops an for crashing netmail to other systems.

I've been digging around in the BINKD echo and according to what somebody said 
in there, binkD doesn't actually need a nodelist. It can be configured to use 
"binkp.net" to do DNS lookups. I've tried it and it does work, although there's 
a few seconds delay whilst performing the DNS lookup.

[..]
 TB> If somebody has enought time, feel free to port fpd to freepascal. ;-)

Yes please :-)))

 TB> Probably it might be easyier to write a complete new fpd with lazarus,
 TB> intended by the original fpd.

Yes and if I had the necessary programming skills, I'd do it. However, I know 
someone who does have the necessary programming skills, so I've sent him a copy 
of the source to play about with ;-)

Regards,
Martin

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