OE will give the new mail notification any time it downloads a message,
even if the message is automatically deleted due to a blocked senders
list entry or message rule (Tools, Options, Message Rules).

You might check your deleted items folder to see if anything new is
there.

I believe Norton automatically installs some message rules in OE.



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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"sjm" wrote in message
...
Every time OE checks for new messages I get the 'new e-mail' icon and
the
beep in my toolbar, whether there's a new message or not.

This new glitch coincided with my downloading of Symantec's 'Norton
2007'
anti-virus package but they've helped me trouble-shoot and are
convinced
there's no connection.

Help!