Granted, the xterm window is not _that_ useful for most users, however there's one thing in particular that's useful for those using the built-in email client: If you ever experience that the email client won't start, it's always because the network link was shut down just when the client was busy talking to the email server. Then it'll hang there forever, and you're unable to start a new one. Another symptom is that the notification doesn't notify (no beep for new emails). The fix:
- Start an xterm
- Enter this command (without quotes) 'killall enprocess'
Now the email client will start without problems.

EDIT: This command (killall enprocess) could possibly be run through load-applet-run instead of an xterm. Haven't tried though.