From: "Geo" 

"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:lv80l1hl1ohepekneahts6psk7o7fimh0i{at}4ax.com...

> I'm wondering if something in the background is still waiting for a SMTP
> response, and prevent some invisible piece of Outlook from shutting
> down.  Then when I restart Outlook, since that invisible piece is still
> active, no password is prompted for.

It's possible but I would think you would see an "outlook"
process still showing in task manager.

Geo.

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