Looking for a simple but nice looking web board script. It would be help full if it was easy to configure ( so i can write a perl script to auto add it to clients websites) any sugguestions?

This looks good:

http://www.xmbforum.com/

www.ikonboard.com

http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Discussion_Boards/
http://www.hotscripts.com/Perl/Scripts_and_Programs/Discussion_Boards/

The most highly rated are generally the best.

Go with http://www.vbulletin.com/ - in my personal experience, XMB Forum and IkonBoard are resource hogs. :unhappy:

Ikonboard is without doubt a resource hog. XMB is slightly less intense. I've never tried vBulletin, probably because it ISN'T free and I'm cheap. ;)