WordPress and e-mail notification

So, one thing that I’ve found lacking in WordPress is the ability to be notified when somebody has replied to your comments on someone else’s blog. And, not surprising, there is a plugin for it. It looks pretty interesting, and I’m tempted to try it. =:)

As an aside, I started looking through Brian Groce’s site, and I am very impressed! It’s a very nicely-done WordPress-based site, for starters, and it’s very refreshing to see another “Bible-based Christian” in the wild. =:)

But back to my original point… isn’t this “send an e-mail to the person who posted a comment when their comment is replied to” functionality something that should be in WordPress itself?