>There are other free message board scripts around that you can set
>up on your site, but to customise them to your own taste you either
>need to know some Perl, or somebody who does.
Actually, there is a very good message board for free WITH tech support that just takes a lot of common sense. It's a cool board with tons of variation possibilities. Of course you must know the basics of setting up CGI scripts on your site.
http://www.chem.hope.edu/discus/