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  *  Posts can be marked up using Fossil's existing [/md_rules |
     Markdown] and [/wiki_rules | Wiki] markup languages. No longer must
     you choose to restrict your discussion forums to plain text only
     (good for security) or to allow HTML-formatted MIME email (good for
     complex discussions). Fossil Forums provide <em>enough</em>
     formatting without giving up security.

  *  Fossil forums integrate with third-party [mail transfer
     agents][MTA]. If you've got mail service configured on the server
     hosting your Fossil instance, it can send notifications of new
     posts to interested forum users, complete with message content for
     those that prefer to visit the forum only when they need to post
     something.
  *  Fossil forums integrate with third-party
     [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_transfer_agent | message transfer agents]
     such as Postfix, Exim, and Sendmail.  If you've got mail service
     configured on the server hosting your Fossil instance, it can send
     notifications of new posts to interested forum users, complete with
     message content for those that prefer to visit the forum only when
     they need to post something.

  *  Because Fossil accepts forum posts only via the web UI, it is
     inherently [./antibot.wiki | protected against bots].

[MTA]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_transfer_agent


<h2>Setting up a Fossil Forum</h2>

<h3>Permissions</h3>

Fossil forums use the same role-based access control mechanism as
for normal Fossil repository logins.