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HAO DO I KNOW I GOT COIN>?

Okay, I'm being facetious, but I've tried to inform myself through research and now I'm just going to bite the bullet and ask some very newb-ish of questions:

Using Litecoin-QT, how do I know when I've successfully mined a block?

Also, I understand that transactions often are often accompanied by verification fees.  Since I'm running the client, does that mean I am participating in the verification process?  Will I eventually start accumulating a small amount of fee revenue as well?

For bonus points:
I've read conflicting information as to whether the client needs to be open for me to receive coins.  It seems like I should be able to close it and when it catches up on the block chain, it will see I got paid.  So, which is it? Should I keep a client online if I'm expecting some coinage?

Thanks for your answers.  Agreed that mining will not yield much success, but that's why I'm curious about the actual experience of solving a block in this particular client.  At my hash rate, I'm looking at a block solving rate of one every four years, assuming the difficulty never changes (which of course it will).

Perhaps a better way of asking is this:
How does Litecoin-QT inform you that you've received funds?

I could beg for a fraction of a coin to find out, but that's not the objective here.   :)

I'm not sure it "notifies" you, but you'll see the funds in your balance and in your transaction history. The mining program you use would notify you when you have a block accepted (different message than a share being accepted by a pool).

Thanks for the info!