Kmail in Kubuntu 9.04: what is 'disconnected' IMAP?

[Jonas Norlander]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody
>
> When configuring an account in KMAIL, the menu mentions two kinds of 'IMAP':
> 'disconnected' IMAP
> (simply) 'IMAP´
> What is the difference between both kinds of IMAP?
>
> Respectfully yours,
>
> Bas.
>
> P.S. Several times tried to find an answer to these questions via the
> help menu of KMAIL, but the documentation is 'not available' - see
> other mail for more details.

The first search result of "disconnected imap" in google gives this
link http://www.math.upenn.edu/Help/POP-IMAP.html

/ Jonas