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The FifoBBS BBS system for VLT is no longer distributed with AmigaFax.
There several BBS systems that should work well alongside AmigaFax,
the one we are currently using at C-Born is TransAmiga. This is a
freely distributable shareware package which also supports FidoNet. It
is available from several sources, including Amiga ftp sites and:

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As a  registered user,  you will be entitled to support from
the author from the following sources:

* FidoNet netmail:
  Tim Aston @ 1:247/192.0 (*)
* UUCP E-Mail through the FidoNet gateway:
  tim.aston@p0.f192.n247.z1.fidonet.org
* FAX:
  +1-416-682-3501
* Chris's Amiga BBS,  +1-716-289-3351, DS-HST, 1:260/660.0,
  SysOp Christopher  Kloiber, in Manchester, New York, U.S.A.-
  official distribution and support HQ or TransAmiga BBS.
* DecBBS,  +353-1-288-2454,  DS-HST,   2:263/198.0,  SysOp
  Declan  McArdle,  in  Dublin,  Ireland  -  official European
  distribution site and support board.
* Amiga Time, +1-315-454-3072, HST, 1:2608/22.0, SysOp John
  Kratz, in  Mattydale, New  York, U.S.A.  - official American
  support board for TransAmiga BBS.
* MEBBS ][, +1-306-775-1437, 2400 Baud,  1:140/140.0, SysOp
  Jim  MacKenzie,  in  Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada - official
  Canadian support board for TransAmiga BBS.
* Essex Amiga BBS,  +44-277-233354, HST,  2:440/67.0, SysOp
  Mark Kidd, in Brentwood, Essex, U.K. - official U.K. support
  board for TransAmiga BBS.
* Amiga on Phone BBS, +49-7271-6877,  DS-HST, 2:241/7520.0,
  SysOp  Sami  Radwan,  in  Woerth,  Germany - official German
  support board for TransAmiga BBS.
* Regular mail (remember that?):
    Timothy Aston
    128 Riverview Blvd.
    St. Catharines, Ont.
    L2T 3M2
    CANADA

Australia: Crazy Diamond (+61-3-570-2303)
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There are some files in this directory to assist you in setting up
Getty to run TransAmiga.

After installing TransAmiga, create a directory BBS:s and copy the
files from the s directory here into it.

The passwd file gives an example of setting up your GETTY:passwd.
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