Community Server is an open source ASP.NET platform for building interactive online communities. It provides a high performance and feature-rich system with modules for blogs, forums, files, photos, profiles and more. The multi-tier architecture separates the data, business logic and presentation tiers for flexibility and performance. Community Server offers different licensing options from an express edition to commercial editions to encourage adoption for both non-profit and commercial use cases.

1. Building an Interactive Community Platform with ASP.NET

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20. Email Queue Parse Email(s) Email Gateway Send Email(s) Add Post You’ve got Mail! Read Email Reply Search Move | Edit | Delete Profile Update Rate Post Read | Reply | Quote

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