It needs to be open in the background, or else no mail will be
received. You can minimize to the tray with a third party add-on:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68...tray-icon.html
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
"strider" <strider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:674C4DB7-67ED-44AA-86A2-339705B507C4@microsoft.com...
> Hi all, is there a way of minimizing windows mail to the tray for
> notifications without having windows mail open? Thanks.