BB/Forum software suggestions

[Cole Tuininga]

Hi all - 

I'm working on creating a bit of a web based family portal/community
center and one of the pieces I'm looking at is a forum or bulletin board
type service.  

Ideally, I'd like the software to be php based, though if it's a
fantastic package I might be willing to go to the effort of supporting
mod_perl on the server.  The storage can be either mysql or flat files.
Beyond that, I'd like if could handle threaded discussions, and perhaps
have some basic administration (like requiring a user account to post,
etc).

Anybody have experience with packages they like?

Thanks in advance!

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Light him on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life.

Cole Tuininga
Lead Developer
Code Energy, Inc
colet at code-energy.com
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