smontanaro 

I find it rather annoying that though I'm subscribed to a thread, I must visit the website before I will get anymore email updates about the thread. Consider rather general threads like the ISO and New Classic Rides threads on the Classic & Vintage forum or any of the For Sale subforums. I can tell at a glance from the email notification I receive whether or not the post which triggered the email is of interest to me. I don't think I should have to wander over to the web site just to force the reset of some internal timestamp or counter. As things currently work I miss many posts.

Can't "subscribed" really mean "subscribed"?

no1mad 

Double check your settings. Luckily, I am subscribed to one thread and the options I have for notifications are:

-through the Control Panel only
-Instant email
-Daily email
-Weekly email

Might want to double check what your current default is as well. Mine is set to "do not subscribe".

ETA: You might also want to double check your email's spam/junk folder. The site could be sending notifications to you, but your mail service/client could be classifying them as spam/junk if there is a high enough volume. An example- I have two accounts on another site, messages in Gmail show up in the 'primary' folder (too lazy to reclassify as social), but the messages in Outlook go to 'junk'.

smontanaro 

Thanks. I did check my settings before posting. My Default Thread Subscription Mode is "Instantly, using email," and I basically never select any of the other choices when subscribing to a new thread. Looking at the email I received notifying me of @no1mad's reply, I see this at the bottom:

which is, I think, the rub. The email included his full response:

Had I not wanted to respond to his post (say, if he was offering a Campagnolo 980 rear derailleur for sale), I think I should have been able to ignore it and not risk missing future posts to the thread (such as a post offering a Campagnolo Cambio Corsa-equipped bike for sale).