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Edcom is an easy to administer, database-driven, multiuser, story posting system, written in perl5. Features include: Complete user management system, Department groupings for convenient customizatios, Preview options so you can see what you're posting before you post, Easy to use Web-driven posting facilities, Total customization via HTML Element Block (HEB) technology, and Built-in mailing list system so Edcom users can receive timely story updates. Databases known to be supported include PostgreSQL and MySQL.

Mindforum is a web BBS software. It's very fast even when there are thousands of message in a message board, because it uses (and requires) a mySQL server to store messages. Main features include: Full cookies support so that users do not have to enter their name and e-mail address everytime the post a message and know which messages are new and which he/she already read, Full support for message threading, Many message list display formats, All the display configuration is made directly in the message list page, Easy to intall and configure, Protected against duplicate submissions, E-mail digest of the forum, and Fast full-text (author, author e-mail, subject, body) case insensitive message search engine.

TD Forum is an unthreaded messageboard script which can provide the perfect vehicle for messaging on your website. Features include: custom 3D graphics buttons, or mode, Administrator auto-identify and Admin IP blocking, posts are tracked numerically for easy locating, allows unlimited messages, tracks IP, date/time of each post, optional profanity filter for censoring posts, allow posters to post URLS, their email address, or neither, optionally display archived messages, browser based admin interface built-in with option to easily archive and modify current posts, use your own top and bottom templates, fully customizable in HTML by you, optionally display messages in table format, ez for you to customize, and more.

FutureForum is a Web-based forum software written in Perl. It uses MySQL for storing data on backend and uses DBI:DBD module. Key features include: uses 'branch_no' design to keep track of 'threads', can display top page of messages with numerous selection or sorting methods, multiple board methodology, configurable max message and branch length vars, optional email responses to user, blocks duplicate messages, option to view only parent threads and expand thread on top page, has 'toggle menu' function on top page, can select by date range and 'new' posts, and other selection criteria, sends response email of message to original poster, automatically displays 'new' button for recent posts, has security routine, and much more.

Slash is a database-driven news and message board, using mod_perl and MySQL. It has been programmed to use persistance for a good deal of its variables to increase speed and efficiency. Slash has all the features and more that you'd ever want in a bulletin-board / message-board system. You can customize it to anything you want, give it any appearance that you want.

This is a modified version of Matt Wright's WWWBoard. Features extended from WWWBoard include: Sorting posted subject by modified time, created time, and subject ID, Forwarding posted message to the specified email addresses, File locking, Supporting template for the posted html files, and Check disk free space before do any operations.

BAZAAR is a fully GPL WWW conferencing program with a MySQL back end. It is based on an earlier version of WWWThreads, but significant changes and enhancements have been made. For example, code has been simplified and many common tasks have been moved into an API to facilitate distributed development. Main features include: Multiple language support (user selectable and easy to add language files), Themes support (selectable at the site level), Profanity filter, Username filter, Error logging, Abililty to restrict users to specified categories by category number, and Fine grain access control using Unix style permissions.

The Oneliner is a kind of message board where you can leave small messages, a little like a tagwall. Besides it's very small and neat, it may look anyway you want so it'll fit any design. You may also specify the number of rows that should be displayed. Other features are multiple content files, archiving, censoring and spam protection. This script requires SSI.

With EZWBGEN you'll be able to provide free message board service to your guests. At creation time, the color scheme, admin password, quoting rules, and other display options may be specified. Each board is self moderated, always keeping the number of messages below a value defined during board creation, but the admin function allows more options for deleting messages.

MyBoard is extremly easy message board script written in Perl. It features: user registration, message search function, Web-based admin script, and more.

Psunami Webboard is an attempt to create a fast, customizable, fully-featured, 'Internet Bulletin Board' system. Current features include: saving, posting, loading and displaying messages, multiple boards, IP and subnet-based banning, cool admin script, html in separate file to make customizing easy, thread name and name length limits, double-post protection, and file locking for all write operations. More features are to be added in future versions.

Kagora is a web forum system, written in Perl, using a MySQL database backend. Features include: Moderation - The Kagora system allows direct as well as moderated forums. In direct forums, messages appear as soon as they're posted. In moderated forums, they need to be previously approved by a moderator; Intuitive interface - Forums appear to the user in three frames: a menu, used for navigation, a list of messages, and a frame used to display messages and to post new messages; Skins - Forums are associated to skins that enable to customize their look; and Support for i18n - All messages produced by the system are grouped in a separate module.

This is a message forum script with such features as multiple topics, ability to reply to the messages and your own customizable headers and footerts.

Gossamer Forum is a fully threaded, SQL powered forum that runs on Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL or Postgres. It supports features like file uploads, advanced permissions/groups support, WYSIWYG editor, fast and powerful search engine, user friendly design and much more. Gossamer Forum is free for non commercial use, and comes with a 30 day evaluation for commercial users.

NEWBOARD.PL is an easy to use beginner's message board. It is based on Matt's WWWboard script, with better privacy (email addresses are not posted), simplified form layout, and automatic emailing options to inform webmaster and poster of messages and follow-ups. Comes with full instructions and useful help notes. Zip file also contains the original WWWboard script with its administration script.

ScareCrow is a fully featured and free message board system. It is meant to be both powerful and easy to use, for the users and the administrator. Released under the GPL License, ScareCrow hopes to gather a great community of users and developers to make it the best message board in existance.

AutoForum is a self replicating message forum community script. This is 100% automated and allows for both free and fee based operation. Main features: Unlimited forums; All data is accessed and stored using MySQL; Advanced admin; Complete banner service; Paid members can enable emoticons, search messages, edit message, use their own banners, and turn on the printer friendly link; and Strong security features with flood protection, partial or full IP banning, password protection, and word filter.

VAXbb is a fast, text-only bulletin board for use on the Web. It's written in PERL, and runs on UNIX box (though an NT port should be possible). Its functionality and use is based loosely on a VAX-terminal-based bb system that the author used in school.

Powerful web forum program. Post categories, topics, and threads. All topics are searchable. Full admin controls. Easy to install. Uses mySQL database backend.

Simple, threaded bullentin board. IP/URL banning; search engine; and more.