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 **(2) Why is there a permanent notification shown?**
 
-A low priority permanent status bar notification with the number of accounts being synchronized and the number of operations pending (see the next question) is shown
+A low priority permanent status bar notification with the number of accounts being monitored and the number of operations pending (see the next question) is shown
 to prevent Android from killing the service that takes care of continuous receiving email.
 This was [already necessary](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html#startForeground(int,%20android.app.Notification)),
 but with the introduction of [doze mode](https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby) in Android 6 Marshmallow this is more than ever necessary.