Turn of System Tray, don't want it running in background

[Guest]

I only use POP3 email with Outlook 2003. It seems to always have the Outlook
running in the background (as shown in my system tray). Is there a way to
stop it fron running in the background? It seems to look for new email, etc
even when I don't have Outlook open? Why would you need this if using POP3
Mail only and I never use Messanger either.

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Usually, if you close, as opposed to minimize, Outlook it won't run in the
tray at all. Sometimes it's nice to have it running so you can check for
mail on a schedule.