Your question is a good one,
turbomangt.
IMHO, the present way of tracking posts--both yours and others that you may be interested in following--can be not only be time-consuming but frustrating. The "My Subscriptions" section of the forum (see the bar at top of page) is supposed to do this for you. However, from my experience over the past couple of months IT HAS NOT WORKED AT ALL for me.
[:0] It is my understanding that the forum's software is "outdated" (it was
free) so there are no guarantees that everything will work the way it is supposed to. So, unless forum participants agree to a "paid forum membership" (so the Administrator can purchase a new Forums software package for the site)
it looks like we will have to do the best we can with what is now available. [?]