aliveinnature wrote:I am trying to find out if anyone has replied.
The easiest way is to click on your user name at the very top, near the right, of any forum page (right after the word "Welcome"). Then click on "Find all posts".
When you post to a thread that you want to follow, you can also choose to subscribe to that thread -- then you'll be notified by email when anyone posts to the thread. When you start a new thread, the subscribe option is a simple checkbox a ways down below the box where you enter your post.
Questions that can benefit the larger community should be asked in a public forum, not a private message.