I've used to join different forums in the past like this one - and I think "forum" system sometimes is even better than "usenet" system. Anyway I noticed that forums based on "VBulletin" engine everytime the thread you subscribed gets a new reply, all the users who posted in it in the past receive a server generated email message to remember them to follow reading the thread. If they unsubscribe the thread no mail will delivered to them as a new post is made within that thread. I suppose this feature doesn't exist on PEEL as I did not received any mail after joining this thread and new posts were written. Maybe it's because of server limitations or the bulletin engine adopted by this board.
hey, anyway this place is cool
ps - yesterday I watched "A Leela of her own" in english (as I told you before, season IV will be aired in Italy only in october); I noticed that those cygnoid alien immigrants had an accent similiar to english spoken by italian immigrants...