?? About This Forum

i have some questions about this forum... 1. i notice when i type my
responses, i use hard returns to break up my msgs. but when they're posted,
it's all bunched together. can you tell me how i can make hard returns show
up? 2. i notice when someone replies to my messages, i get an email and the
link to their response is in the email. also, they're actual response is in
the message as well. if i click on reply to the email message, to add a reply
to the forum message, will the email automatically be posted on the forum so
the person helping me will see my new message? or do i have to go to the forum
itself to post a new reply? thanks.