Be notified when user posts?

[RedGTiVR6]

Is there a way to be notified when certin users start a thread or post?

Our forum is dedicated to community first and foremost, but also dealers. When I've signed a dealer up I also get them to let me know their forum user name. Right now I just add them to my buddy list, but I have no way of knowing when they have posted.

These users will most likely be posting questions and I'd like to be sure and be there to provide support and let them know that I'm there to help them, not just get money from them.

Would this require setting up a group and putting those members in that group then somehow set it to notify someone when someone in that group posts?

Thanks in advance!