Two issues--not being able to access certain brag posts and not receiving email notifications...

So when I check the brag blog(multiple times daily, as I am an addict), occasionally I get the "access denied, you are not authorized to view this page" message. :-( I get it consistently on Shanty2Chic's posts, and a few others here and there. Is this because these posters have their privacy locked down(which is fine) or because of a site glitch, or am I being tagged as a bad person! LOL. Anyone else?

Also, I have my settings set to notify me by email for replies to topics that I have commented on, but have yet to receive an email. Anyone else? I am using Thunderbird, and don't have a spam folder--it will tag things as junk, but I have to manually remove them.

TIA!
Beth