Here's my situation:
I was using a static HTML website with PHPBB as my forum software. I switched to SMF and ran their PHPBB to SMF database converter so as not to lose all the previous posts etc. The conversion went without a hitch and SMF became my new forums. Then I decided to run Drupal as my website's front-end and was delighted to see this mod. I had hoped that it would allow users who were already in the SMF database to simply log-in to Drupal, using the SMF log-in block, and have their data transferred to Drupal's database. This however seems not to be the case. It appears that this bridge assumes that both the Drupal and SMF databases are virgin databases. Is this the case or is it supposed to do as I thought and add an SMF user to the Drupal database if they exist in SMF but not in Drupal?

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vb commented

>This however seems not to be the case.
You simple do not set mod properly.
>this bridge assumes that both the Drupal and SMF databases are virgin databases.
It does not matter to the bridge. It assumes that users may exist or may not in any DB.
>add an SMF user to the Drupal database if they exist in SMF but not in Drupal?
Users add themselves to db when they are registered or logged in.
You can login to drupal using SMF username and password, and a user is registered in drupal.
You can login to SMF and if you click on main drupal logo, a user will be registered in drupal.
Al this is possible when the bridge is set properly.