I agree. The ability to subscribe your email just to a thread is very important, and everyone agrees it is long overdue. Looks like version 2.1 will have it.
I found it Searching Tracker.Moodle.Org
http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-1626
Right now there are two options
a) Don't subscribe to email on a busy forum, and possibly miss important stuff
b) Subscribe to get every reply from every topic on a busy forum, and miss important stuff
I'm going to try option A, and try the web based verison of "Un-read" messages".
Installing and upgrading help
For the most part, moodle forums don't work.
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