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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