I was participating in the technet forum (as well as answers) as a replier. Then my email address was blocked. Kinda embarrassing as a MVP ... <sigh>
I don't know why and I have not been able to get any help to get it unblocked.
I was directed to this forum in this trouble shooter:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13976.how-to-troubleshoot-microsoft-account-issues.aspx
I can log in to the technet forum from the same computer using an alternate email address/id, but I don't want to do that.
Any suggestions on who to contact?