The Discussion Forum is a full-featured forum:

• Unlimited Forum Groups
• Unlimited Forums
• Expanded user profile
• Display user on-line status
• Site Search Integration
• Users can upload or link to Avatars
• Security sensitive search capabilities
• Rank user based upon number of posts
• Built in email sending to protect email addresses
• Manage look and feel with CSS Create moderated or open forums
• Users can subscribe to topics and forums
• Four input options for posts - Plain Text, ActiveEditor, DNN HTML Editor Provider and Quick Reply
• Remote Training & Support

Flexibility:

• Individual settings for each forum
• Enable or disable HTML formatted text
• Enable or disable uploading attachments or images
• Close a forum temporarily
• Choose how to display a user name - User Name, First Name, Full Name
• Option to disable user profiles
• Templates to allow you to control how post information and emails are displayed
• User level settings include: Enable/Disable Signature, Enable/Disable Avatar, Track User, Trusted User to autoapprove moderated posts
• Use one of our skins or have one created to match your website
• Bulk user upload for existing users 

Security:

• Hosted in a secure datacenter
• Nightly backups and file storage
• Control individual forum access using website roles
• Several different security options
• Open for All Users
• Option to allow anonymous users
• Open for Registered users
• Open for Specific role
• Option to make a forum hidden to viewers without access
• Select or Create a role for moderators
• Permission options include: View, Read, Create, Reply, Edit, Delete, Pin, Lock, Subscribe and Attach

Attachments:

• Enable or Disable attachments per forum
• Control how many attachments are allowed per forum
• Control file types that are allowed per forum
• Specify max file size per attachment
• Images files are automatically displayed in-line
• Non-images are displayed as a link to download
• Images are automatically re-sized to your height and width parameters if specified