(very big sigh of relief)
After looking through the php file that does the comment notification process, I found that the email address used to notify me for comment is not the email address listed in my WP profile (the yahoo address) but rather ‘wordpress@sandierpastures.com’. I am sure this feature came from updating to the latest WP [...]

Remember the magical sorta plugin I mentioned before? The one that worked like a breeze when you do an upgrade to the latest WordPress version?
Well, it wasn’t a perfect breeze exactly - - there are some specks of sand in the wind. Since I upgraded to WP 2.3.1, email notification for new comments posted in my blog [...]