BG> Is there anything that can be done to let FrontDoor control a
 BG> telnet- only bbs?

hunh? do you mean where FD can handle telnet accesses? if so, then the
answer is a resounding "yes"... i've been doing it here for
years...

the "trick" i use for it is _not_ following the m$ lemmings and
running windows... i (still) run IBM's OS/2 Warp and Ray Gwinn's SIO comm
driver replacement package that comes with VMODEM which creates virtual
modems...

the key thing to it is virtual modems... no matter what OS you run, you
need something to create virtual modems or that will at least tie the
comport stuff to the TCP/IP stack... *nix has a way of doing it with DOSEMU
and i understand that the newer DOSBOX, which comes in several OS flavors,
also provides some method of doing this... unfortunately i've not had any
time, extra machines, or $$$ to throw at an OS i won't use to try to play
with this...

what OS are you running?

what BBS software are you running?

how do you envision doing this?

my setup looks and operates exactly the same as it does on the POTS side...
in fact, joho told he that it brought tears to his eyes when he telnetted
into my system a few months ago and he was greeted with the frontdoor
banner as he was passing thru to the bbs O:)

)\/(ark