FrontDoor Documentation
These are mostly text files and PDF documents.
FrontDoor Administrator Guide (PDF), uncompressed
FrontDoor User Guide (PDF), uncompressed
FrontDoor Terminal User Guide (PDF), uncompressed
FrontDoor Editor User Guide (PDF), uncompressed
The above four PDF documents
FrontDoor Administrator Guide (TXT), uncompressed
FrontDoor User Guide (TXT), uncompressed
FrontDoor Terminal User Guide (TXT), uncompressed
FrontDoor Editor User Guide (TXT), uncompressed
The above four TXT documents
FrontDoor Developer's Kit (pre-release) for 2.30+. Contains file structures (C and Pascal header files), and technical documentation (PDF)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), 15-May-2001
Technical documents and source code (API)
Specifications and API for the JAM message base format. See also JAMLIB on the Third party software page.
HYDRA file-transfer protocol specifications and sample implementation
EMSI and IEMSI protocol specifications
Addendum to EMSI protocol specifications
Product identification for FTN-message handlers (PID)
Product identifier list (for products supporting the PID specifications, above)
Specifications for the FLAGS field for FTN-message handlers
Historical documents
These files have no real relevance today; they are here purely for historical purposes.
FrontDoor’s role in the 1991 Russian coup attempt
News in FrontDoor version 2.33.mL since 2.32.mL
News in FrontDoor version 2.32.mL since 2.31.mL
News in FrontDoor version 2.31.mL since 2.30.mL
Brief list of news in the version 2.3x release
Slightly more verbose, but still brief list of news in the 2.3x release