[devilsadvocate]

Okay, maybe I'm spoiled, but over at a few of the Linux forums to which I belong I get almost immediate email notifications about additions to the threads to which I subscribe. Now, obviously there's a lot going on here and server time/space costs money, but is there any way you can send an email, buzz an IM account, or something a little more often than once a week? I'll be in the middle of a conversation and have to go to work, or something intriguing will come up and I'll miss it despite having been there that morning (or night, whatever).

Of course I realize it's not just a matter of flipping a switch but can we look into that kind of functionality?