HELP!! Thread Subscription Mode

I have a question about "Thread Subscription Mode"

It says when you post a new thread, or reply to a topic, you can choose to automatically add that thread to your list of subscribed threads, with the option to receive email notification of new replies to that thread. It also says you have choices- they are: Do not subscribe, No email notification, Instant email notification, Daily email notification, Weekly email notification.

On other forums that I am a member of I can only view posts that are unread. On this forum I have to search for posts that I may have had replies to. I'm confused. I think I am in linear mode (newest to oldest) with no subscriptions. What, in your opinion, is the best thing to do.

[Barb]

I'm going to bump this up since it's over a week old. Personally, I just browse through the threads until I get to what I want to see. Your sig pic is pretty funny, BTW.

[Calley's Family]

We like to receive email notices when a new post is made to a thread that we have posted in. We copy the URL in the email and paste it into our broswer (just below the menu bar) which then takes us to the new reply (as long as your cookies are enabled). We also have the following set up in our options in our User CP:

Default Thread Subscription ModeWhen you post a new thread, or reply to a topic, you can choose to automatically add that thread to your list of subscribed threads, with the option to receive email notification of new replies to that thread.
Do not subscribe No email notification Instant email notification Daily email notification Weekly email notification Default Thread Subscription Mode: Instant Email Notification
We also have ours set Linear, oldest to newest. Hope this helps.