Dear Lunacat, goddess of the Internet:
I DID MARK THEM AS READ!!! And I'm still getting the little flag thing every now and then. It's very frustrating, because I get all excited thinking perhaps someone is looking to have a deep, meaningful PM conversation, so I go rushing to my Inbox and there's NOTHING THERE. Then I weep and carry on and it's really not pretty.
So if anyone has sent me a PM that I've not responded to, could you please let me know so that I will know if my PM's are being co-opted by a secret Government agency before I get them. Perhaps Homeland Security is investigating me for devious lime practices on animals!