[shawlw]

Hi. I’d like to know if there is ability to prevent anyone from making comments on a topic except for the person who created the topic, and the admin or moderators of the Forum. I would like to have forum topics that are open to either anyone to comment on, or to restrict comments only to the people involved. If a topic is not marked as private, anyone should be able to see the replies, but not be able to reply themselves unless the topic is open to comments from anyone. This is important functionality where a forum needs specialists to reply, otherwise anyone jumps in and makes comments that can cause issues, even issues around liabilities. But of course, some forum topics are not as sensitive and can be open to anyone. Thanks. Laurie