My suggestion is... You know when you leave your computer and come back you're logon to the forum times out and you have to sign back in? Well, if you start a new topic before you log in you can sign in near the bottom of the message text box, and that's great, but (here's my suggestion) the check box option for topic subscription isn't there, and I think it should be.
Thanks for the suggestion. Actually one can subscribe to a topic by checking the "Check to watch this topic and get updates by email" and hitting the "Post message" button without actually posting anything. It somehow doesn't seem to work. Thanks for bringing it to my notice.