Hi Jerry, 1) You can subscribe to receive notifications of follow-ups to all you content from within your profile. Just edit your profile and go to advance settings. Tick the box "Receive content follow-up notification emails". You can't select/deselect this on an individual thread basis. This is a known issue and is on the list to look at as and when time and funds allow. 2) This is the default drupal behaviour. The creator of the link can select to open a new window/tab when they create the link but most won't. Shaun