Subj : Fido Package Deluxe
To   : Torsten Bamberg
From : Martin Foster
Date : Fri Feb 09 2018 11:48:00

Hello Torsten!

** 08.02.18 at 11:09, Torsten Bamberg wrote to Martin Foster:

 TB> 08.02.2018 09:08, Martin Foster schrieb an Torsten Bamberg:

 TB>>> Well, IPRoute also like tiroute gets the IP-Nodes from the
 TB>>> nodelist and writes a binkd-compatible list. This is usefull for
 TB>>> requests to other node-sysops an for crashing netmail to other
 TB>>> systems.
 MF>> I've been digging around in the BINKD echo and according to what
 MF>> somebody said in there, binkD doesn't actually need a nodelist. It can
 MF>> be configured to use "binkp.net" to do DNS lookups. I've tried it and
 MF>> it does work, although there's a few seconds delay whilst performing
 MF>> the DNS lookup.
 TB> Well, binkp.net has some issues, and isn't available 24/7/365.

OK, thanks for the warning.

 TB>>> Probably it might be easyier to write a complete new fpd with
 TB>>> lazarus, intended by the original fpd.
 MF>> Yes and if I had the necessary programming skills, I'd do it. However,
 MF>> I know someone who does have the necessary programming skills, so I've
 MF>> sent him a copy of the source to play about with ;-)
 TB> Ah, okay. :-)

Don't hold your breath ;)

 TB> I can do some beta/alapha testings, also compile lazarus sources to
 TB> OS/2-Linux if needed.

Thanks very much for your offer and I'll bear it mind :-)

Regards,
Martin

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