diff --git a/suite/common/utilityOverlay.js b/suite/common/utilityOverlay.js
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+
+/**
+ * Go into online/offline mode
+ **/
+function setOfflineStatus(aToggleFlag)
+{
+  var ioService = nsJSComponentManager.getServiceByID("{9ac9e770-18bc-11d3-9337-00104ba0fd40}", 
+                                                      "nsIIOService");
+  var broadcaster = document.getElementById("Communicator:WorkMode");
+  if (aToggleFlag)
+    ioService.offline = !ioService.offline;
+
+  if (ioService.offline && broadcaster)
+    {
+      broadcaster.setAttribute("offline", "true");
+      broadcaster.setAttribute("value", bundle.GetStringFromName("goonline"));
+    }
+  else if (broadcaster)
+    {
+      broadcaster.removeAttribute("offline");
+      broadcaster.setAttribute("value", bundle.GetStringFromName("gooffline"));
+    }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/suite/common/utilityOverlay.xul b/suite/common/utilityOverlay.xul
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://communicator/content/utilityOverlay.css"?>
+
+<!DOCTYPE window SYSTEM "chrome://communicator/locale/utilityOverlay.dtd">
+
+<overlay id="utilityOverlay"
+         xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">
+
+  <script language="javascript" src="chrome://communicator/content/utilityOverlay.js"></script>
+         
+  <!-- online/offline status indicators -->
+  <broadcasterset id="broadcasterset">
+  	<broadcaster id="Communicator:Synchronize" value="&offlineSynchronizeCmd.label;" disabled="true" />
+	  <broadcaster id="Communicator:WorkMode" value="&offlineGoOfflineCmd.label;" oncommand="setOfflineStatus(true);"/>
+  </broadcasterset>
+  <statusbarpanel id="offline-status" observes="Communicator:WorkMode"/>
+  <menu id="offlineMenu" value="&offlineMenu.label;" accesskey="&offlineMenu.accesskey;">
+    <menupopup id="offlineMenuPopup">
+      <menuitem position="1" accesskey="&offlineGoOfflineCmd.accesskey;" observes="Communicator:WorkMode"/>
+      <menuseparator position="2"/>
+      <menuitem position="3" accesskey="&offlineSynchronizeCmd.accesskey;" observes="Communicator:Synchronize"/>
+    </menupopup>
+  </menu>
+         
+</overlay>
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diff --git a/suite/locales/en-US/chrome/common/utilityOverlay.dtd b/suite/locales/en-US/chrome/common/utilityOverlay.dtd
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+
+<!-- these things need to move into utilityOverlay.xul -->
+<!ENTITY  offlineMenu.label                         "Offline">
+<!ENTITY  offlineMenu.accesskey                     "f">
+<!ENTITY  offlineGoOfflineCmd.label                 "Work Offline">
+<!ENTITY  offlineGoOfflineCmd.accesskey             "w">
+<!ENTITY  offlineSynchronizeCmd.label               "Synchronize">
+<!ENTITY  offlineSynchronizeCmd.accesskey           "s">