sumthin fishy: Actually, there are different settings... if you want "Instant Email Notification," it only sends you one notification until you read the thread... so person #1 replies at 12:00, #2 at 14:00, and #3 at 17:00, and you don't visit the topic until 18:00, you only receive the one email from 12:00. There is also an option to receive a once-a-day email summarizing new posts in topics you are watching... and one like that but on a week-by-week basis... and there are even more options but I don't remember them all.