META: updated forum software

Hello forumsters!

I’ve updated our forum software. Hurray! They’ve added some new functionality which we’ve been using separate services to handle so things might go wonky now and again while I swap things around this weekend.

Most obvious contender for gremlins is the new email service. If you’re signed up for alerts on a topic you get an email telling you someone has replied. If someone sends you a private message, ditto. We used to use a third party to send those emails but it’s now part of the forum software itself. If you get two emails, or see anything weird/wrong/annoying, let me know.

Thank you, my patient beta-testers!

Saed