Originally Posted by
Foxflower
Materialgirl, you need to look in your Settings. See up at the very top of the page where it says "Welcome materialgirl"? To the right of that is Settings. Now, on the left bar under My Settings choose General Settings. Look to the right to find Messaging & Notification and under it Default thread subscription mode: and finally, choose the one you want (instant, daily, weekly) via email. You probably want to look at the options for other things while you are there. I hope that fixes it for you. 
I hope I have it fixed now, I have set for instant