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[Steve Carroll <"Steve]

That being: undertaking the actions of "a posting member" of phpBB?

(you seem to be starting threads only to quickly lose interest in the actual topic. ADHD? Bored? What's up boatman?)

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On Nov 7, 2020 at 3:15:59 AM MST, "David_B" wrote <AtupH.3$ [e-mail]:

No problem. It is an option, not a push.

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On Nov 7, 2020 at 4:03:39 PM MST, "%" wrote [e-mail]>:

I did. I always do. It is the law.

[Steve Carroll <"Steve]

(snip)

Then it seems that answers the only actual question your post posed:

"Does one NEED a server or can one run a forum from a computer?"

Unless Apple has made changes I'm not aware of, you do (a local one) but, apparently, you don't know how to configure/access it. What happens when you go to this address:

<http://localhost/~davidbrooks/> (account name may be different)

Aardvark?

[David_B]

I get a message saying "Safari Can't Connect to the Server"

.... "because Safari can't connect to the server "localhost""

Best you Google! ;-)