Apparently, someone at Microchip watches the forums. I was the culprit who posted Steve Sanghi's email address. Did you know that it is not permitted to post the CEO's email address?
Here's an email I received today from Microchip:
stumichaels,
Your account was banned Friday, June 13, 2014 12:38 PM by CindyNY for the following reason:
Inappropriate behavior - posting CEO's email publicly
Associated message: n/a
Note: "n/a" indicates not associated with any message.
Account reactivation: Friday, June 20, 2014 1:35 PM
Note: "n/a" indicates indefinite ban.
While your account is deactivated, you will not be able to log on to the forum.
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Microchip
http://www.microchip.com/forums/
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Since I was already logged in when they banned me, I still have complete access to the Microchip forum. I suppose if I log out, I won't be able to log back in, at least for a week. Not much of a loss.