Hmmm ok gals thanks for the help. On another forum I belong to, whenever someone replies to a topic you've posted (or posted a reply to) you get an email notification so you know someone has added another post to that topic, (as long as you have checked your preferences that way) so I guess I just assumed the same thing would happen here. I've figured out how to add topics to my favorites folders, so that'll work. Actually it comes in very handy......on that other forum, when you get an email notification that someone has posted on a thread you've posted or replied to, it also provides a link to click on, which automatically takes you to that response. Saves a lot of time searching for that thread you think you posted on but just can't seem to find......which happens to me sometimes!
Thanks again! At least I won't be sitting here wondering why I wasn't emailed that there are more posts after my response to a thread......I thought there was a glich somewhere.