Ok I have this program that checks our email server for new mail and notifies the user that there is new mail when there is some. The problem I have is that there is an icon in the systray that flashes when there is new mail, which work great, until it goes to check for new mail again and the icon pauses for a few seconds. The pause is caused by the program having to excute a bunch of code to check the mail. I have managed to hack out as much as I could but it still pauses. Is there some way to have the systray controls managed by something else? Another program, thread, or something? Any ideas?