I forgot to mention that when I checked my profile for the email setting I noticed that my country had changed from United States to Afghanistan. 

I also vaguely remember something about resetting something but I don't recall the details. I completed all the transactions whatever they were, and everything seemed to work after that, except maybe the newsletter since I have continued to get automatic calendar event and gallery alert messages at my email address..

So maybe whatever mishap changed United States to Afghanistan in my profile also clobbered my email address which would have triggered the reset transaction.

And by the way, it isn't just the discount coupon. I find the newsletter quite useful. I always look at it and really want to get back on the mailing list.