I run a membership association website and the members want to be able to discuss topics with each other, similar to this forum. Some years ago, I tried FrontPage Discussion Group, which was very easy to install and manage, but not so flexible to use and I discontinued it. That was before FP 2003, and I wonder if the discussion feature has improved since then. (anyone using it?)

Some features I want to include: searching for a topic; email notification if someone responds to your posting; member privileges vs non-member (public use). This last is important. I'm not sure what privileges paid members should have but I want to encourage readers to join by providing some benefit. Any suggestions for what a member can do and a non-member can't?

I also want the forum to be part of my main website, not a separate one (again like this one). Any recommendations for what to use? How is SBC forum done?
Thank you!