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|    Torsten Bamberg to Martin Foster    |
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|    08 Feb 18 11:09:04    |
      Hallo Martin!              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.       Well, binkp.net has some issues, and isn't available 24/7/365.               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 ;-)       Ah, okay. :-)       I can do some beta/alapha testings, also compile lazarus sources to OS/2-Linux       if needed.               MF> Regards,        MF> Martin       Bye/2 Torsten              ... MAILBOX: 10:56h - up 11d 16h 32m load: 28 proc, 113 threads (tbupv1.1)       --- GoldED+ 1.1.5        * Origin: DatenBahn BBS Hamburg (2:240/5832)    |
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