Please help direct me to the right forum

I think it is for almost a year, that I haven't received email notifications
of replies to my questions on Microsoft Discussions, despite the fact that I
always click on Notify me of replies.

Once I saw the blue arrow and the blue text below and to the right of the
Close box (as one enters a reply) saying Email notifications (that must have
been about a couple of months ago) and I clicked on it. Now it says Advanced
Options and when I click on it, it only gives an option to fill in a full
USENET designation to Cross-post to "these" discussion groups.

It is very inconvenient not getting email notifications. I cannot find any
forum that seems the right one - and any "Contact Us" leads me to further
forums which don't include anything like this. Can somebody please help me.

Thanks for any help