Hi, Marge,
I've been watching this thread to see if other users have shared your issue. It doesn't look like there has been much response.
Regarding the blogs, there is actually no moderation of blog posts, so your comments should go up within ten minutes. As long as you're signed in, you should see the comment field and then when you click on 'Add', it should appear.
You might also want to check the set-up of your profile. I wrote a tutorial of that here:
http://www.annthegran.com/cs/blogs/magicbookshelf/archive/2008/06/27/show-your-style-making-the-magic-bookshelf-your-own.aspx
In your profile, you control your "master" e-mail settings, so maybe you need to adjust those.
Finally, because of a couple incidences lately of unscrupulous operators using our Community, we have had to turn off all system e-mail twice in the last two weeks, including right now. You can read more about that here:
http://www.annthegran.com/cs/forums/t/2421.aspx
Hope this helps.
BB
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