The problem was my own admin e-mail in WP was not correct. After a struggle I removed all the associated plugins (but had corrected the e-mail issue) and now all 100%.
I have now tried this:
Activated: bbPress Notify (No-Spam)
Deactivated: bbPress auto subscribe for new topics and replies
Deactivated: AsynCRONous bbPress Subscriptions
And then this setting:
Activated: bbPress Notify (No-Spam)
activated: bbPress auto subscribe for new topics and replies
activated: AsynCRONous bbPress Subscriptions
E-mails work for another user I created with both configurations, but myself, as the administrator does not receive a single e-mail no matter what. Have tried various settings. So I guess I am 50% there.