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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