Glad to see you could keep your user name.
I'm thinking you just need to click on the tab at the top of the thread- ENABLE E MAIL SUBSCRIPTION:
and that will notify you of replies to the thread. Hope that does the trick!
I know I discovered a place that had 3 tick boxes for e mail stuff... but not sure if that came up in one of my moderator functions. I'll keep searching and re-post if i discover it again and its relevant.
Edted to add: Jinx kendall! Thanks - you posted the answer to my little .."where DID I see that again??"