Bruce...there is a small arrow to the left of the headers (HOME-HELP-SEARCH-PROFILE-LOG OUT). This arrow will open a personal window that will diplay your personal info, messages in your PM box, avatar, total time logged in, links to show unread messages since last visit, and new replies to your posts. The "show unread posts since last visit and "show new replies to your posts" links make it simple. Just click on the either link and check it out