another useful feature of the phpbb engine is the subscription. you can mark the threads what you are interested in, and then set a notification when somebody posts in this thread
1. select the screwdriver icon next to the "post reply" button (above and below the posts of the threads) of the thread what you want to subscribe to, and subscribe:
2. go to the "user control panel" (available in the top-right corner from a menu next to your nickname):
3. select "board preferences" tab, then select "edit notification options" menu, and set a kind of notification for your subscribed topics:
