I normally would not publicly air a private email but I feel it important to do so here. The reason is that the sender of the email gave an address that was not legitimate. The following is a returned message that I sent back. It was returned undeliverable.

His letter to me:

Subj: A SAD SAD DAY FOR CHIPPING
Date: 8/17/01 9:06:04 PM Central Daylight Time
From: brouillettesdsl@earthlink.net (Russell Leff)
To: Wmas1960@aol.com

Your post on the board is rediculous at best. The point is for whatever
reason people that are serious players in chipping were denied access to
do buisiness in a public invitational forum.

My letter to Him:

Subj: Returned mail: User unknown
Date: 8/17/01 9:14:54 PM Central Daylight Time
From: MAILER-DAEMON@aol.com (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
To: WMAS1960@aol.com

The original message was received at Fri, 17 Aug 2001 22:14:32 -0400 (EDT)
from root@localhost

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... while talking to mx01.earthlink.net.:
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... User unknown

I agree that it is wrong that people were denied access however I question
whether it is legally a public forum. I was not addressing that issue
however as much as the issue that Rene coming out and trying to say I went
and was denied access was not a very rational response to the issue. Earlier
in the day, as his post indicates, he knew he would not be allowed in. He
went anyway with some friends, One who he knew was controversial and one
whom he knew had no reason to get tossed. He was, in a sense, setting up
Bill trying to PROVOKE a response. He, I believe, was planning from the
start to post a message here making a public point of it. I just do not
believe that is very mature either. It does not give me confidence, as a
chipper, in doing business with either of them. You can disagree with me and
that is fine. I appreciate your response.

POSTS EDITED TO REMOVE UNECESSARY ROUTING INFORMATION.