TECH: What does "applet started" mean?

[Rena Deutsch <renadeutsch@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>]

Recently -- well,  this weekend was the first I noticed it -- at the bottom
of my screen as I am receiving e-mail, there's a little message on the
bottom left screen "applet started".  What does that mean? Why is it there?
Was it always there and I was too busy/dazed to notice?
(I know what an applet is -- what applet)?
No, I didn't change my ISP or e-mail or update to another version recently.

TIA for any clarification.

Rena Deutsch, Librarian
High School for the Humanities
New York, NY
renadeutsch@worldnet.att.com

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