Status of RTJ?
This site serves two purposes, it's a forum for gamers to chat (publicly in the forums or privately via Rmail), and it's a site to host games. Most GMs will assume that you are logging into this site (and their game) on the timescale they have stipulated, and will reply to you in the game. Generally, a GM will keep everything, including all correspondence with players in the game where they can easily find it, all in one place.
GMs will also generally create an Out Of Character thread within the game for its players to communicate about the game. Everything to do with the game is therefore kept within the game. You have to visit to play.