[wterrell]

The attorneys that contacted you were trying to treat you as publishers. A forum on the internet is not a publisher and only the poster is responsible for his post in reference to liable. The forum host is not responsible for the content of the post. It would be expensive to battle a frivolous lawsuit but ultimately the forum would prevail.

Consider a site providing auction services to sellers and buyers. The site has no responsibility for fraud hoisted upon prospective buyers.