>As a 'large contributor' at times, it's a decision whether to go back and see if I've gotten my fair share of points, or to go and answer more questions. I choose what's behind curtain #2...

As a note to that, replies are bound to your account. So, even if you only come back to UT after two months, you'll get them direclty in there. Also, as they are in there, we assume they are being read. So, I believe this is how those who force messages to be marked as solution proceed in order to save some time.