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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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As title. I've had Blackberry owners extolling the virtues of "push e-mail" to me, but I have no idea what this means. My Hero bongs every now and again with the sound of new e-mail arriving, is this push e-mail, or is this different? Please put it in layman's terms. Yours, a very confused L_U. 
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| Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:19 pm |
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Nick
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:36 pm
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Location: Portsmouth
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It's the difference between a phone checking at regular intervals whether there is a new e-mail, or the server informing the phone that there is a new e-mail available right away.
My phone is set to check for new e-mail every hour. It might mean I get to read an e-mail 59 minutes earlier if I have it set to push.
Then again, I could just set it to check every 5 minutes, then the benefit would only be 4 minutes.
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HeatherKay
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So, to paraphrase Nick, it's the difference between controlling your life, or letting others control it for you.  _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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saspro
Site Admin
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Location: location, location
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Nick's basically summed it up.
pop3 is pull email as the client makes the request
Push email is sent to the client by the server.
Push email also has a permanent connection between client & server
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| Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:31 pm |
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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Oh right OK, thanks for this. I think I'm happy with my phone checking every 5 minutes.
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| Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:34 pm |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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I tend to "pull" - I prefer to check my emails when I want to.
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| Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:35 pm |
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koli
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:12 pm
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Just to give you an idea, with push email I get emails approx. 5s after they've been sent. Pretty useful if you want to have an email conversation with emails flying back and forth...
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| Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:08 pm |
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: IoW
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Push eats battery power too.
Well, it seems that way on the iphone.
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big_D
What's a life?
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Location: Bramsche
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Yep. It eats about an extra 5-7% a day in battery power, in GPRS/EDGE, more if you leave the phone in 3G mode - 3G is a battery hog anyway, so I only turn it on when I actually need it, which is about once every 5 or 6 weeks at the moment...
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