Whenever I reply to a thread I can follow any further discussion through the “Show new replies to your posts.” -page. But what if I wanted to follow a thread the same way without replying? The notify feature seems to send emails, but that’s not what I’m after. So am I stuck replying to a thread whenever I want to keep track of it? Or have I missed some unnecessarily small and ambiguous icon somewhere? 
Use the forums “add bookmark” feature
So still a no… Because that’s another separate screen to watch, unless I add a bookmark every time I reply to something. Darn.
The RSS feed at least allows you to watch a sub forum, might that help?
Well, seems s1:s point was that I could turn on notification by default for threads I post in. That way I’d get what I want in one place. Unfortunately that place seems to be email, and not a page listing like the “Show unread posts since last visit.” -page. Can’t have it all, I guess!
Heh not quite - it’s the third option down, right under that 
When sending notification of a reply to a topic, send the post in the email
If that’s unchecked you just get a PM. Of course you could still be emailed if you have that preference set:
http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=4659;sa=pmprefs
Notify by email every time you receive a personal message:
Anyway I didn’t want to go into too much detail because IMO Mike already said the best way - RSS.
just write something like “that’s cool!!!” or “i want a kit!” in the threads you wanna watch
just write something like “that’s cool!!!” or “i want a kit!” in the threads you wanna watch
Yah, been doing that so far…