The forums interface has been updated. It now shows the posts in order of last reply, not order of first posting.
So when an old thread has a new reply, it pops up to the top of the list.
You can change your email address for your profile at any time. There was a temporary glitch when people changed their email addresses in between the site migration. Not too many people were concerned so noone volunteered to fix the few people who were affected.
Boy, is my face red. Yeesh.
The RSS feed is actually hosted by Jerry Asher: http://www.theashergroup.com/demos/rss/openacs-
I have to say, RSS has made a huge difference for me. Now that there are so many more regularly updated web sites that I like to monitor (news feeds, bboards, weblogs, etc.), RSS has made it possible for me to keep up with many, many sites without unduly disrupting my work day. Doing this right and building it into OpenACS would be a big win.