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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> "Offline"/"online" are yucky words.  It brings to mind M$, BBS's and
> other vulgar things.  However, I don't really know any other
> expressions that cover the same ground.

I would definitely go with "disconnected"/"connected" modes.  Not only
do I think that sounds better, it will nicely fit with existing
terminology when people end up using nnagent and nnimap together.
(i.e once both of those packages are released as part of Gnus)

-Justin