Please lemme know if/how this alternative set-up works (bob or anyone else!), before I invest much energy in prettifying the default forms.

Eh it could be worse... though maybe subscribe all is the better option.

Tis indeed as restrictive as I thought.

Just in case the "reply to comment" thing is more restrictive than I realized. Here' another new comment with new format settings.

A link.

A naked link: http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/03/11/as-egyptian-economy-sinks-new-threat-to-world-peace-grows/

Here's a second email.

Setting is NOT to auto-htmlify links.

Here's an embedded link.

Here's a naked link. http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/03/11/as-egyptian-economy-sinks-new-threat-to-world-peace-grows/

Default form kinda sucks, will have to re-do, but will see how this goes.

Using the alternative subscriber - was buggy in the past, but was supposedly improved.

Oddly, my email logs do show confirmation emails being sent to you... And, when I log in via an alternative address, as above, I do get the confirmation emails. I may try installing another email plug-in just to see whether this is a CK-to-bob via WordPress problem or a comment-subscription problem... or yet some other problem...

Too bad, thanks for trying. Just one other question: Are you logged in when you do this stuff?

Either way, I think I'll switch to the alternative system - but am a little worried it won't work.

Bummer.

Well, CK Test, you're right about that, but maybe you'll get this email anyway.

Expecting email to test ck, but not to self!