Feel free to close this topic. I contacted Ashfame directly and he has provided me with exactly what I was looking for, and in a most timely manner! Thank you to all, and especially to Ashfame!
I saw ashame’s suggestion, but I’m afraid I don’t know enough about bbpress to manage that. I’m not opposed to paying someone to get this problem solved.
I didn’t mean to start a war. I’m just looking for a solution. The board I’m talking about is small, 52 users, closed to registrations, and I’m not really worried about it getting blacklisted for spamming.