[Kroupware] Automatic server discovery

[Andrew Kohlsmith]

> IIRC there are three modes you can run IMAP with: online mode, which
> does what it obviously says, offline mode, similar to POP3 (fetch all
> messages, then delete + expunge them on the server), and disconnected
> mode (fetch all messages, but do not delete and expunge them). What
> you mean, is disconnected mode, but don't mind: this is a part of
> IMAP that is not really well known, even to IMAP admins (neither to
> users :-)).

Personally I loved the third IMAP mode mentioned (outlook express used it, and 
used the same idea for NNTP too) -- any message you've read is cached locally 
so if you are disconnected you can still get at them.

Regards,
Andrew