If there's a thread you want to keep up with, click the "Add To Tracer" link written in white on the blue bar at the bottom of the thread. Then, when you click on your "Personal Page" link (written above left, just under the "Café") you'll see all the threads you want to follow listed in a neat column, and you can access them by clicking on their titles. Also, in the main forum, where you see "Trace" written in a column along the right hand side, the ones you have flagged will then be marked "DeTrace", which makes them stick out from the rest, so they are easy to spot. You can also click on those "Trace" links, which will do the same thing as "Add To Tracer".

If you want to cancel it, from inside the thread you'll see that in the blue bar at the bottom it now says "Delete from tracer" so you can click on that; alternatively you can just click on "DeTrace" in the main forum which will do the same thing.

Your personal page also allows you to send and receive Personal Messages (PM's).

I hope this makes some sort of sense! Welcome to Mudcat -