"Gear" Icon with message "Stop email image" what is this?

Question

I have am running a mac 10.6.3 - 2.4ghz. Recently in the top menu bar an icon which looks like a spinning gear has popped up. When I click on it the message says "stop 'email image'". I have clicked on the icon and selected stop, but nothing happens. What is this icon and what exactly is it doing? Thanks.

Answer 1

Purple icons represent a Smart Playlist and blue icons a normal one.
It has nothing to do with contents being available at the iTMS.
Are you sure the blue icon has a flower in it and not a musical note?
Burning a playlist on an CD-RW and playing it will work fine on your computer, but many Audio players and especially car CD-players don't like CD-RWs at all.
You can give it a try, but chances are it doesn't work.
To erase the CD-RW, you indeed have to use Disk Utility.
When you check the 'Quick Erase' checkbox, the entire disc will be zero-ed first. A 'full' erase can take a long time (about 20 minutes!! on my system).
Using a CD-R to burn your playlist however, will have a much higher chance of successful playback in your car CD-player.
The message about the gift etc. appears when you click on the small arrow next to the playlist's name. I can't remember having it show up on burning, but I might have ticked a 'don't show again' checkbox at first appearance.
Hope this helps.
M