How do you see the responses to the threads you have submitted? Do the people respond directly to my email?

I get email notifications of thread I'm "subscribed" to...which really just means I have written a post in a thread. Otherwise, go to User CP (Control Panel) and pull up a list of your subscribed threads. There you will see all the threads you have participated in. That should help. Also you can set up on the control panel, a check box to receive instant notification via email to any threads you are writing in. Hope that helps! Cindy