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

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

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

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

--- Renegade vY2Ka2