I have a similar problem ...
I noticed that when there are new posts, the little folder icon is yellow .... but not always.

i.e. ...today when I logged on the Forum, on the main "Forums" page, the folders were yellow for each sub-forum (Survival, Around the Campfire, Long Term)
But when I entered the Long Term Forum, all folders where white, even those threads with new posts; these new posts having white icons in front of them.
But (again...), in the Camp Fire forum, there were yellow folders... with yellow folders in front of the new posts ..

So, it seems to work but not in every forum ....

SMTP was broken in the previous release, I upgraded the forum software to the newly released UBBThreads 7.1 which seems to have fixed that.

now, posts I have already read, have yellow folders again ??

I guess I will just wait for all the new features/config/mod/param changes/etc.. to settle a little bit...

I've seen that once a new reply is posted, the folder changes color, but that's been my observation only.

I've seen the same thing Frenchy is describing. I'll read a post, go to another message in the thread, and the one I was just reading will be shown with a yellow folder.

AFAIAC, the "yellow folder" for new posts works OK in the "Survival forum" and in the "Around the Campfire" sections.
But not in the "Longterm" section.

Another difference : in the "Longterm" section, when opening a thread with new posts, the first (origin) post is opened. In the two other sections, it's the new post which opens.


Hope this will help our software specialist, HTMLSPINNR.

One thing you may want to try is to go to the My Cookies board function (use the link provided, or look at the bottom left of any forum page) and manually expire your forum cookie. Make sure to try and catch up with your forum post reading beforehand, because after you do this, everything will be marked as read.

I erased cookies, using the option in my IE browser.
That seems to have solved another problem (yellow folders even after having read a post).
I will try the Cookies board function too...

OK; done...now I just have to wait for someone to post anything in the Longterm forum ....