Something is briefly stealing the window focus

Dear all,
At least 50% of the time, I'm typing in an xterm on my computer.
There's something running that's stealing the window focus away
from my xterm where I'm typing for about 1/2 a second and then
returning it to my xterm. This is very annoying if it happens
while I'm typing. Unfortunately, I have no idea what's doing it
and can't give a simple recipe to reproduce the problem.
I have a vague suspicion it might be related to the Thunderbird
mail client, since sometimes my "you have new mail" alert sounds
right after it happens, but I can't prove it.
Any advice on how to fix this would be great.
Thanks,
Owen

Turn off the new mail alert and see if that solves the issue. FWIW, although not xterm, when I'm using the Terminal, Eudora's new mail alert doesn't steal focus. For xterm issues, post to the Unix forum under OS X Technologies.

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