Direct Push Emails few quick questions

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

How do these work on a compatible mobile?

Need to see if my work system will allow this......can someone give me a brief description this.

If they come through on my phone, will they still come through on my works laptop??

Know nothing about this at all! :dapprove:

 

[H182]

not 100% sure, but I think push email is just a constant connection to the server so new messages are received straight away. I use an IMAP connection instead of POP then the messages are left on the server instead of being downloaded to a PC/Phone.

 

[Cookie]

Push is a constant connection, pull you have to tell when to pick up.

Messages in both cases are left on the server and you can pick em up in both places.. unless you archive them off out of the mailbox

Push also costs an absolute fortune if you have retarded users, as we discovered to our (2 grand in a month for 5 users alone) cost.

 

[b3nje]

Push (or "server-push") is the delivery of information on the Web that is initiated by the information server rather than by the information user or client, as it usually is. An early Web service that specialized in "pushing" information rather than having it "pulled" as the result of requests for Web pages was Pointcast, a site that provided up-to-date news and other information tailored to a previously defined user profile. Marimba was a somewhat similar site (and product) that pushed information to the user on a predefined schedule.

 

[Cookie]

^ Congratulations you can google

 

[b3nje]

woop-dee-doo

so why can't other people?

 

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

woop-dee-doo

so why can't other people?

I cannot see where my question about emails appearing on my laptop if they have come through on my phone being answered?

 

[TheCake]

Thomas, the answer is yes. The mobile device literally is a direct connection to your mail server so when you receive an email your mobile gets it as well as your laptop (depending on the configuration of your IT setup).

Hope that helps. I use Direct Push and its fantastic, no more Send/Receive!

 

[Lee]

Basically your mobile device is constantly connected to a hidden website on your mail server which is created in IIS.

It's pretty easy to setup, but if it doesn't work it's a ball ache to get sorted.

This page is very handy if you set it up to use SSL, which you should really: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/SSL_Enabling_OWA_2003.html

As Si says, the answer is yes to your question.

We've been running it here for a while now. Can't fault it. All the server side stuff is free so the only costs we incur are for the Windows Mobile devices and the bandwidth they use.

 

[MarkCup]

I've been running this since December, couldn't function without it now.

Read a mail on my laptop...it shows as being read on my phone.
Delete a mail from my phone...it's deleted from my laptop.

They run perfectly in sync :approve:

 

[cava83]

interesting, definately a pain in the ass if it goes wrong.

 

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

Spoken to my IT department, and they havnet heard of the concept lol !

What information can I give them to see if our IT network will support this? Sorry to sound thick, but I dont want to shell out $$ on a mobile that supports this, if my IT network cannot

 

[TheCake]

Ask them if they run Microsoft Exchange Server. Simple.

 

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

and if they do, its pretty much a given it will work? what details will i need from them to input into the phone Si ?

 

[TheCake]

Well see this is it if they do, for instance run Exchange 2003, then all you would need for your phone is connect to your webmail (Outlook Web Access) external ip address which could be something like: 213.40.50.60/exchange. All you need is this IP and then it *should* work IF they the OMA (Outlook Mobile Access) configured and working...

The big question is - do you have Outlook Web Access (webmail) to access your emails when you're not in the office bud?

 

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

No I access them from outlook express on my laptop. Which connects whenever i have an internet connection.

 

[TheCake]

Can you access your mail through a web browser? I'm guessing if you use Outlook Express, then you probably use POP3/SMTP connector.

 

[Cookie]

What kind of sadistic b*****d company forces people to use Outlook Express