I would also like an answer to this question, I expected 'subscribed' forums to work like Newsgroups, where I can choose to only see NEW messages. Why can't my list of subscribed Forums (in 'User CP' page) show if there are any new messages in a given subscribed forum - it should use cookies to track what I have already read, and inform me of new messages, or of the lack of new messages, for each subscribed forum.