I am a new member, but I already have found the information available helpful. I will continue to check back on a regular basis. If there are not alerts available to let you know when someone has posted a new message or response, I think that would be a great addition.
Vagabond there are alerts if someone has posted in a topic that you yourself started. It comes to your email. Also when you first log in, the threads that have new posts since your last visit have pink folders next to them rather than off white (if I am getting my colors right). Hope that helps.