: Best lightweight PHP/MySQL forum with spam-protection Possible Duplicate: What Forum Software should I use? I have already searched and checked out posts like this and this but it

@Gonzalez347

I love UseBB.

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@Heady270

While I can absolutely second the suggestions of PHPBB and BBPress, I've had better experiences with SMF and, in my personal experience, have found it to be somewhat lighter than the alternatives.

While it doesn't have amazing anti-spam features out-of-the-box it does have the basic email validation and signup CAPTCHA features you'd expect and there is an Akismet plugin that works very nicely. I've had an extremely good experience with Akismet on the Wordpress platform and so far it's saved two of my forums from massive spam problems, so I highly recommend it.

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@Cody1181609

You could try the son of Wordpress, bbPress.

It is pretty light and straightforward. For enhanced functionality just look for plug-ins and add-ons.

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@Kaufman445

phpBB has the features you describe. You can make new posts go to a "moderation queue". It also has prune user functionality and I'm pretty sure there is captcha integration as well.

You won't find a forum "lighter" than phpBB that has those sort of features.

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