
You asked for e-mail alerts, so I added two types of e-mail alerts. Both provide the same information as the Web feed, but in a slightly different way.
Digest e-mail alerts send you an e-mail with a list of comments in all the conversations you are following. You will receive an e-mail that groups several conversations together, an easy way to be notified. If you can't check your Web feed often, or want to receive notifications through cell phone or PDA, digest e-mail alerts are a good choice.
Individual e-mail alerts send you e-mail alerts for each individual conversation. You will receive more e-mails than digest. If you use your e-mail client to group (or thread) e-mails, then you can keep track of all comments from the same conversation. This screen shot is GMail grouping two e-mail alerts for the same conversation:

To start receiving e-mail alerts, you need to follow these four steps:
For security reasons, you'll need to verify your e-mail address once, and every time you change your e-mail address.
Afterwards, you can turn e-mail alerts on and off at any time, and you can always switch from digest to individual and back.
Assaf Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:32:16 +0000