[gentoo-user] Why can't I emerge telnet?

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hi, Gentoo!

I would like a telnet client installed on my gentoo amd64 system.  When I
try
        emerge telnet
, I get told that telnet doesn't exist.

What am I doing wrong?  Is there a telnet client on gentoo?

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).