Hi CANDOR!
You can get email notification of fav threads by signing up for them in your MY Profile section drop down of Edit Subscriptions. Now I'm not sure about things at the moment, I know there was a site problem with that option not so long ago. I'll check to see if it's been remedied.
I don't know exactly what comes up when a person signs up for membership here. I'll do some searching or maybe another mod/admin is more familiar with the posting limit information and where it may have been listed in the joining process.
I'm sorry you were annoyed and I do hope that your time here will be positive and helpful.

sabby