phpBB is an open source message board package that uses PHP & MySQL. I use it every time a client requests a message board. phpBB is prone to get hacked if you don’t keep it properly updated but I’ve fought a few hackers in my day and I always win!
A wrestling message board with over 550 members and over 25,000 posts. It has been hacked twice by some crazy guy in Germany,I’ve never had too much trouble getting it back online. The entire UWA site has since been re-done with garbage code and questionable graphics. I no longer have anything to do with it.
Every band I’ve ever done a website for has wanted a message board so that their fans can build a community and all of that fancy marketing stuff. I always use phpBB. Here’s a list of some of the bands (most you probably haven’t heard of): Sydney, Luke Brodie, Big Ideas, Audio Ritual, Turbulent, Outside Fairvale.