> iam trying to copy a forum within the main forum of a 
> message board. there are links to other websites within 
> the forum that i'd like to be able to access without 
> actually copying the entire website.

You'll have to play with 'Set Options' / 'Scan Rules' - but 
copying forulms require some experience, because of the 
possibly multiple filters to setup.

Example of rule of an imaginary forum 'forum.example.com':
-* +forum.example.com/foum42/posts* +*.gif +*.jpg +*.css 
+*.js