What makes push mail better than non push mail?

[Stingray]

Please don't flame me for this.... I am kinda new to the world of Windows Mobile... I have somehow managed to make push mail work on my 6700....
But I still have a question... What makes push mail better than non push mail? I hear that it drains less battery, but why? I think it should drain more battery since it always keeps a connection open with the exchange server?
I'm not even sure if I'm using the right terminology here...

[JackSchitt28]

Originally Posted by Stingray

Please don't flame me for this.... I am kinda new to the world of Windows Mobile... I have somehow managed to make push mail work on my 6700....
But I still have a question... What makes push mail better than non push mail? I hear that it drains less battery, but why? I think it should drain more battery since it always keeps a connection open with the exchange server?
I'm not even sure if I'm using the right terminology here...

without push mail, it took me forever to recieve my comcast email through my ppc. with push, it is instant, i immediately recieve them. non push is horrible because it has to log into your email account, then it has to verify everything, then download the messages. takes a really long time IMO. push mail is a Godsend.

[luv2chill]

The battery thing is a grey area. I don't think anyone should tout push mail as a boon to battery life.

But plain and simple, push mail gets your new e-mails to your phone faster than if you check on a schedule. Say you've got two Pocket PCs set up to check your exchange account. One is set up with POP3 on a schedule to check every ten minutes. The other is set up for direct push.

So the one phone on a schedule checks for mail at 3:00pm and finds nothing. Ten seconds later a new urgent e-mail comes in from your boss/wife/bookie. The phone with push enabled will get that message by 3:01pm (most likely sooner), while the the other phone won't get it until 3:10pm when it does its next scheduled check. Those ten minutes might be what saves your job/marriage/life!

Heh. Well, 90% of the time it means you get your spam and buddy's joke forwards a little faster, but you never know when that crucial e-mail will come!

But for many of us, I think the allure in push is that it provides very seamless synchronization, not only of e-mail but also of contacts, calendar items, and to-do lists. To me anyway, that is the holy grail of convergence. I absolutely hate having to enter data twice or maintain two separate copies of things. For instance, POP3 e-mail accounts are the bane of my existence because you can't use multiple computers/devices to maintain that account without duplicating all of your replies, deletion, and organization. IMAP helps in that regard, but it's still nowhere near as smooth as exchange is.

Ideally you want to enter data once and then have changes to that data reflected as soon as possible on all devices that you use to access it. So in that way, Exchange push gets your data synced faster and more seamlessly than any other method.

And that's why you should want push as opposed to scheduled mail downloads, despite the battery hit.

[schettj]

Yep, above poster has it.

You get email as it comes it, not when you check it.

Personally, I go for checking every hour. I have two mailboxes, and I do have to get some work done - but other people are different (ie, email driven) due to work reqs. If you need it, chances are you have exchange @ work, and it will work.

[Wideawake]

If u haven't tried it go for it! ou won't regret it. I myself didn't know what it was awhile back, tried it, and I haven't looked back. Helps me keep in contact with PPCGeeks. :P

[supadoggie]

although I hate to say it but it's true.. Blackberries have set the standard for push emails.. you get your messages instantly instead of waiting for the scheduled check

I wish my work had an Exchange server instead of a BES.. I would love to use my 6700 for emails

[technole]

Originally Posted by supadoggie

although I hate to say it but it's true.. Blackberries have set the standard for push emails.. you get your messages instantly instead of waiting for the scheduled check

I wish my work had an Exchange server instead of a BES.. I would love to use my 6700 for emails

Its nice to see clients and many businesses switch to MS Exchange Server.

[avaya]

We have exchange at my work but they didn't enable direct push so I have to use emoze for now. Can't wait to do it without emoze

[mujurip]

after reading this i really want to set up push mail. Is it possible to set this for hotmail/gmail/yahoo/SBC? (since those are the accts i use)?

If yes, then any special applicatrion is needed or the ppc has a built in feature.

[Alwaysbelieve1]

hotmail- don't believe so, but you can enable it to do retrieval from pocket msn.
gmail- yes and is free
yahoo- have to pay for the upgrade email plus program to enable POP3 forwarding with them. It's 19.95 a year
sbc-yes if they allow POP3