Mine flashes all the time and, while I do have pms in it, none of them are "new." I've read and responded to all of them and the most recent response came about a week ago. Should I be pming the admin as well?

How about knowing if there are updates on the threads you've replied to? On other msgs boards I frequent, there is a user control panel where you see that info.

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