[@aksteve Participant 8 years, 9 months ago]

OK. So, I agree with, and understand, what you are saying.

And it confirms that, yes, indeed, private forums (for non-logged-in visitors) returns a 404 error.

So, this put’s us back to my original question.

“I want the forum page to only be viewed by, and posted to, by loggedin members. If a non-loggedin member goes to the forum, I want them to get a notice saying “must be logged in to view this page”.

It appears this is not possible within bbpresss. Correct?

So, I will try the plugin you mentioned.

Thanks much.