After posting would it not be a better de-fault at the "notification type" stage to be "instant email" ? I bet thats the one most folks go for any way!, just a thought.
Ben which is the user control panel? as the "Additional Options" doesn't offer to change the defaults does it? As i am an irregular poster Custard you may be right, I don't have many threads running at the same time, sorry if I got this wrong