The DB at MGH might be gone but almost all of the content is still available at the wayback machine.

I wanted to restore one of the forums and asked them whether this would be possible. Their response was that yes, the content is there and they would and could help as long as the forum owners are in agreement, give their permission and/or make the request themselves.

I was thinking of contacting JL or the mods to get that permission but lost the motivation to do so when the forum in question once again degenerated into bickering and attacking each other.

cheers
eve