ML>> is it really necessary to have frontdoor in front of a bbs
ML>> used for telnet access, these days? i know that he/they
ML>> weren't specifically asking about

 TJM> Yeah, that's how I get my fidonet feed. ;)  Telnet over
 TJM> ttb.slyip.com

uh, you can run FD and a BBS both via telnet on seperate ports... that's
the basic thrust of my comments/questions...

ML>> there is also the possibility, as is/was done with some bbs
ML>> systems, to run frontdoor behind a bbs and use a special
ML>> login that exited the bbs and load frontdoor... i've never
ML>> operated frontdoor like this but i know that several systems
ML>> did this...

 TJM> Well, you really couldn't have another mailer "logon" to the
 TJM> bbs then transfer to the mailer it is looking for tho. ;)

actually, yes, this is exactly what they did... don't get stuck thinking of
the logon as being a traditional human style name...

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