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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kenwahl.org
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