Sorry to announce this folks, but the subscription plugins for WP aren’t what I had hoped. First, there are too many plugins offering more than they can deliver, and some of them open blogs up to hacking. The one I tested was way too complicated and offered too little in return. I’m going to research this for a few days and see if I can identify one that will automate the process instead of forcing me to send notifications manually.
Please bear with me on this. For now you’ll just have to keep checking the blog in your browser to see if there are new posts. This is one of the growing pains that come from switching to independent hosting.