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   Message 251 of 3,070   
   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   
      
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