Better battery life with push mail on - Page 3

signothefish · #21 (**permalink**) 02-06-2009, 07:45 PM

Check out this thread over at XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=372291

Some good advice on choosing a push email provider.

signothefish · #22 (**permalink**) 02-06-2009, 08:23 PM

After trying several of the push email options in the XDA thread, Seven appears to be the best all-around solution. It allows "Reply to" to be your own email address, sends emails in HTML format, and sends attachments. It's also very quick, just as quick as using push with Webmail or Live Mail. The only thing left to determine is whether or not Seven is a battery-drain, but so far, the hands-down winner is definitely Seven.

**Hafrust** · #23 (**permalink**) 02-06-2009, 11:14 PM

Seven was a huge battery drain for me. I hope you have better results than I did.

**stroths** · #24 (**permalink**) 02-07-2009, 12:50 AM

I have been using push for years via Exchange server and my battery life is perfectly fine. Push doesn't drain as fast as frequent pulls. Push mail basically opens a tunnel and doesn't do anything other than that. It just sits there waiting for the server to let it know when mail is there.

I can't really comment on the free services, but I did use 1and1 for a while. It worked fine, but they had no plans on upgrading to Exchange server 2007. I moved to Sherweb and got more space and better service for a little more. Worked so well, I moved my wife's blackberry over to them as well.

EDIT: Here's a good description of push mail via Exchange server

Direct Push is a client initiated HTTP connection to the server where the device opens a connection to the Exchange Server and keeps it alive for a duration known as the heartbeat interval. Basically the client sets up the connection, chooses the appropriate heartbeat interval and tears down and reestablishes the connection if and when necessary. The server sends notifications about new items over this connection and the client synchronizes to get the new items.

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/20...03/424028.aspx

slbailey1 · #25 (**permalink**) 02-19-2009, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stroths

I have been using push for years via Exchange server and my battery life is perfectly fine. Push doesn't drain as fast as frequent pulls. Push mail basically opens a tunnel and doesn't do anything other than that. It just sits there waiting for the server to let it know when mail is there.

I can't really comment on the free services, but I did use 1and1 for a while. It worked fine, but they had no plans on upgrading to Exchange server 2007. I moved to Sherweb and got more space and better service for a little more. Worked so well, I moved my wife's blackberry over to them as well.

EDIT: Here's a good description of push mail via Exchange server

Direct Push is a client initiated HTTP connection to the server where the device opens a connection to the Exchange Server and keeps it alive for a duration known as the heartbeat interval. Basically the client sets up the connection, chooses the appropriate heartbeat interval and tears down and reestablishes the connection if and when necessary. The server sends notifications about new items over this connection and the client synchronizes to get the new items.

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/20...03/424028.aspx

I know nothing about Exchange Server. All I know is that I want all my computers and phone to sync my contacts, calender, tasks, notes, and email to sync automatically when a change occurs on on device; I have Outlook 2007 on all my computers. I'm looking at opening an account with Sherweb. I do not have my own domain name. Can I still use Sherweb?