Sessions and how to get rid of the RHN alert icon

[Ivan Gyurdiev]

I've heard this argument many times: "Windows starts up faster, then 
takes too long to load the systray applets, hence Linux is faster
". I haven't used Windows in a while, but my Linux experience is not 
very positive when it comes to applets - GNOME takes a long time to load 
them, and until they're all loaded the panel is unusable. Since all my 
startup icons are on the panel, I can't launch any applications. How is 
this any different?

I blame the RHN alert icon. I don't know if it's the root of the 
problem, but I use rawhide, and I don't need an alert icon anyway. So, 
I'd like to get rid of it. However, it keeps coming back. If you click 
on Configuration -> Forward -> Remove from Panel, it disappears, but 
keeps coming back on every login. The same thing happens if you remove 
it from the Current Session.

There used to be a checkbox "Save Session" on the Log Out button, but I 
don't see it anymore. How do I get rid of the icon, and save the 
session, so that it doesn't come back?