Email Notification System NOT Working??!!

I haven't gotten any either. I have it on the right setting, but nothing. I have taken to bookmarking threads I want to keep track of because that's often the only way I can easily find them and see if there are any new comments.

Also, I have changed my status to appear as if I'm offline (hidden), but that doesn't work either (it's a little thing, but I always prefer my settings to hide my online status, so this frustrates me to no end).

EDIT: auto correct on my iphone hates me.