See if he's got WinFax on his computer. I had this same problem with one of my clients and Vic told me to check this. Since this guy didn't even use winfax, I just uninstalled it and the problem went away. Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Janet Smith Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:56 PM To: MSO@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Outlook 2000 SR1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit One of the guys in the office is having his Outlook continue to check for messages even when the program is closed. He says that he uses "exit and logoff" to close the program. Any ideas on how to stop this? Thanks, Janet Smith ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************