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[Ken Wahl]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:59:51PM -0400, Ryan Leathers wrote:
> I've been looking for an open source BB/Forums application.
> Several days of googling has turned up some options but not a winner.
> 
> I've been hoping for something written in Java, that runs as a servlet,
> and works with either a flat file or MySQL.  Also, I need to be able to
> provide a public and a private forum (some full featured cripple-ware
> only allows 1) and assign an administrative role to a few users.  This
> is for non-commercial use so it comes out of my pocketbook. 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
Not java but perl...YaBB seems to do pretty well.  Free and open source,
runs off a flat file.  There is also YaBBSE which is PHP/MySQL port and
from what I heard, is faster than the original YaBB (not a surprise).

Easy as pie to set up too.

YaBB (Yet Another Bulletin Board)
http://www.yabbforum.com/

YaBB SE
http://www.yabbse.org/
-- 
Ken Wahl  ken at kenwahl.org  http://www.kenwahl.org
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