I am really not sure what Push Email is... what it does or how to use it. Can someone explain this to me? Currently on my iPhone and iPhone 3G... I was just using Gmail and my Cox Webmail (pop account) to access my mail accounts on the iPhones.
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Can someone explain the Push Email to me?
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Push e-mail is when your phone gets notified that you have a new message without having to go check for it.
An example would be corporate e-mail through Microsoft Exchange. If you have outlook running at your desk, when you get a new e-mail message in your mailbox on the exchange server, it appears in outlook automatically. You can also force outlook to manually check for new messages, but you are notified automatically of messages and appointments without you having to check to see if you have new ones.
With push e-mail set up on an iPhone, if someone sends me an e-mail, it shows up on my phone even if I have mail check set to "manual".
Gmail and Cox don't support "push", so you have to check those mailboxes manually using the iPhone's mail app.
Exchange and Mobile Me (and to a certain extent Yahoo) are the ones that support push.
In short it breaks down like this -
Push = mail comes to your phone without any interaction required from you
Fetch = Your phone goes to look for new mail either at a set interval or when you manually check your messages
An example would be corporate e-mail through Microsoft Exchange. If you have outlook running at your desk, when you get a new e-mail message in your mailbox on the exchange server, it appears in outlook automatically. You can also force outlook to manually check for new messages, but you are notified automatically of messages and appointments without you having to check to see if you have new ones.
With push e-mail set up on an iPhone, if someone sends me an e-mail, it shows up on my phone even if I have mail check set to "manual".
Gmail and Cox don't support "push", so you have to check those mailboxes manually using the iPhone's mail app.
Exchange and Mobile Me (and to a certain extent Yahoo) are the ones that support push.
In short it breaks down like this -
Push = mail comes to your phone without any interaction required from you
Fetch = Your phone goes to look for new mail either at a set interval or when you manually check your messages
Since I really only use Gmail and Cox... then push email (at this time) really doesn't pertain to me or my uses?
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If you want your gmail and other accounts to be pushed have them forwarded to the mobileme email address. It works great! You can still reply to the email using the actual email address it was sent to. Example.
I have my gmail forwarded to @mobileme. This automatically pushes my gmail since it is forwarded to @mobileme. I open up the email in mobile me, click reply and I touch the "from" field. It then gives you the option to reply from mobileme or from any other email address set up on your phone! I've tested it for two days now and it works great. I send an email to my gmail account and almost instantly it is pushed to my phone. It saves battery too by not having my phone "check" every 15 minutes!
If you want your gmail and other accounts to be pushed have them forwarded to the mobileme email address. It works great! You can still reply to the email using the actual email address it was sent to. Example.
I have my gmail forwarded to @mobileme. This automatically pushes my gmail since it is forwarded to @mobileme. I open up the email in mobile me, click reply and I touch the "from" field. It then gives you the option to reply from mobileme or from any other email address set up on your phone! I've tested it for two days now and it works great. I send an email to my gmail account and almost instantly it is pushed to my phone. It saves battery too by not having my phone "check" every 15 minutes!
