Chady:
Go to User CP on the upper left corner (if you have the same skin as I do, I don't know where it is with the other skins, but go to User CP

), select Edit Options on the left hand side and then in the fourth bracket named "Default Thread Subscription Mode" choose
Instant email notification.
This way you will receive an e-mail if there is any new post in any of your own threads or in any other that you have subscribed to - I believe you automatically subscribe a thread if you post in it or if you create it.
I hope it will work for you. This way you won't have to use that search again.