move threads

When we move posts on my forum, we rely upon the "Notify thread starter of this action" check box to ensure that the thread starter gets a notification alert. However, no alerts are being sent. We've verified this with a few users. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

Is there an option to select threads in a forum node at once? I want to move threads to another node streching to 33 pages... and i have to select threads in each page manually... please advice.