Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.8) Installed from: SuSE RPMs When user uses only on-demand features (send on demand, fetch on demand) and when user relies on such on-demand behaviour all questions related to offline/online switch are: a) unrelated b) confusing I don't know what Kmail tries to do when the network is dead, user sends a message and KMail asks if it should go online. Establish connection? For me it is just bizarre, for weekend users the question is surreal, i.e. "what online? I just want to send message like I did all the time". Reporting error with connection right away is much more clear ("oh, I have to turn the router on"). So please, if offline/online distinction is irrelevant (user do not use auto-fetch feature) please disable this switch.
I see this as a rather interesting point. The difference for me in online/offline is, that kmail does not fetch mails automatically (and you get a warning, when you do it manually) Actually it would be better to get the network state from NetworkManager and handle offline/online only internal based on this.
My $0.02 : what about renaming the "offline mode" to "disable automatic fetching/sending"? IMO it's a lot clearer.
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