1. Posting
   
2. Editing
   (what advanced set of permissions on who can edit and even for how long)
   
3. Private Messaging
   
4. FUDcode (the standard [b][/b], [u][/u], [url=][/url] tags and many more)
   
5. User ranks automatically determined by post counts
   
6. Multiple custom ranks
   
7. Avatars
   
8. Full text search system
   
9. Polls
   
10. File attachments, however FUD goes beyond and allows multiple file attachments "right out of the box"
    
11. Cookie & URL only session support
    
12. Censorship & Advanced replacement system
    
13. Thread and forum subscriptions (via email or icq)
    
14. COPPA
    

1. GPL license allowing you to easily modify the forum to your needs
   
2. Very fast forum.
   
3. Full templating and i18n system.
   
4. Built in spell checker
   
5. An advanced permission control system.
   
6. Threaded view
   
7. MIME System that allows to control the appearance of file uploads
   
8. Advanced message filtering, allows you to filter by: read, unread, subscribed messages and forums.
   
9. IP/IPmask, Email, login blocking systems
   
10. Moderator log (allows to see what the moderators have been doing)
    
11. Thread splitting
    
12. File extension control, allowing you to specifiably which file extensions are allowed to be uploaded.
    
13. Message reporting, allows users to report messages to moderators
    
14. Moderated forums, Messages will not appear on a forum before they are approved by the moderator
    
15. Thread Exchange, moderators of different forums are able to exchange threads
    
16. Password forums, posting will only be allowed with the knowledge of a password
    

$ cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous(at)asuka(dot)prohost(dot)org:/forum2 co -rfud-2_0_0 fud2_install