because the usb fan that I have clipped to my keyboard is programmed to turn on when I open outlook, and I had forgotten about the loose wires....
But seriously, I looked at my mail count, and was surprised to see so many...
When I updated my MS exchange server, I forgot to edit it's filter, so It went through every single e-mail inbox and recalled every e-mail with a blocked keyword in it, notifying me of each message... and symantec was just notifying me of quarantined e-mail that it recieved...