Hi Cole,
I have used both phpBB and FUDForum. They are both excellent forums, however I prefer FUDForum. I believe that it is more 'purist' in pursuit of scratching an itch instead of code looking for a business model. In other words, the author(s) led by Ilia Alshanetsky are concerned with writing good forum software. And it's really the only one that I know of that truly supports threaded forum views. Check out http://fudforum.org/features.php
I don't think any CMS/Framework forum compares to a *real* forum if you truly want forums.
That said, some (I believe Post-Nuke is in this category) offer enough of an API so that there are supported modules for embedding true forum software into the framework of the CMS (so you get unified login or whatever). And some forums offer "embedded" install-types to make it integrate more with an existing website.
So, I know you asked for forum recommendations, but if you're looking for a full-blown 'portal' then you will find yourself evaluating CMS/Frameworks like Tiki, Post-Nuke, ezPublish etc. b/c they offer a tantalizing set of features. The downside is that there is so much to learn if you really want to get deep into the code. ezPublish is my latest foray, and it appears to be well-planned, well-written and object-oriented, but *voluminous* with hundreds of class files, and since they have a service business model, it seems they have stripped out any comments from the code.
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