THAT was a great loss! Like you, mine became a journal of sorts that I could review with optimism, seeing the positive changes my health had made since my initial accident and resulting RSD. We had alot of good computer tech posts too, with detailed instructions of fixes that were lost. With the new forum I got to the point where it was too exhausting to retype all that information, so I seldom did.

As far as suing, like KTM5665 said, once you hit send, it is no longer your property as it becomes the property of the one who owns the server. Just like an employer that has full access to your emails. It belongs to them.