Push email questions

[Guest f3nd3r]

Hi guys,

Im new to this Push Email thing and just wondered if anyone could clarify a few things for me.

First of all, am i right in thinking push email is where the email gets delivered to your phone regardless of you having to check your server every X amount of minutes?

Secondly, I have an M3100. Do Orange support Push Email? and if so how do i go about setting it up?

Thanks in advance for your feedback :)

Edited November 13, 2006 by f3nd3r

[Guest]

Hi guys,

Im new to this Push Email thing and just wondered if anyone could clarify a few things for me.

First of all, am i right in thinking push email is where the email gets delivered to your phone regardless of you having to check your server every X amount of minutes?

Secondly, I have an M3100. Do Orange support Push Email? and if so how do i go about setting it up?

Thanks in advance for your feedback :)

Hi

Yes push email means that you get your mail instantly, instead of the device checking every X amount of mins, it keeps a connection open to the server always and the server "pushes" the mail to the device as it arrives.

The M3100 does support push mail but you need access to/ an account on an exchange server 2003 SP2. Not sure if orange provide that, someone else will be able to help better with that one.

ht

gr

[Guest Confucious]

First thing you need for push email with Orange is a very large wallet :)

Push email normally uses 8-12Mb per month with no emails so any other data usage is on top of that. T-mobiles solution was to reduce data prices to a sensible level whereas O's solution was to decrease the the heartbeat to try and save data so it probably won't use that much but even so, if you start receiving large email you could run up a hefty data bill.

If you still want to go ahead according to O's website:

don't have Microsoft Exchange 2003?

If you're looking for a mobile email solution but don't have Microsoft® Exchange 2003, call us on 08000 37 27 37 today to discuss your requirements. Getting mobile email with Orange is easier than ever before, with more choice and flexibility to suit whatever your business needs.

Good luck!

[Guest jimbouk]

If you haven't got your own exchange server, check out 4smartphone.

It costs £50 a year but its an extremely reliable direct-push compatible service.

[Guest f3nd3r]

Thanks for the replies :)

In my case then (poor) I guess it's cheaper to poll my IMAP server ever 10 minutes or so.. ?

[Guest]

Thanks for the replies :)

In my case then (poor) I guess it's cheaper to poll my IMAP server ever 10 minutes or so.. ?

I belevice a crowd called mail2web provide a free push email service that you sould get your pop a/c to forward its mail too

link is here

As Confucious said though you will still be hit with the data charges so bear that in mind.

gr

[Guest waroffice]

I have my own exchange server but im having trouble getting it to work.

I think its a problem with the smtp settings in exchange, does anyone know the settings for t-mobile, i have found its tmomail.net but that doesnt seem to work.

Thanks in advance

[Guest StuBFrost]

I have my own exchange server but im having trouble getting it to work.

I think its a problem with the smtp settings in exchange, does anyone know the settings for t-mobile, i have found its tmomail.net but that doesnt seem to work.

Thanks in advance

I doubt you would use T-Mobile's SMTP server for an Exchange server. You are more likely to use your ISP's or do DNS lookup deliveries.

Stuart

[Guest Confucious]

I have my own exchange server but im having trouble getting it to work.

I think its a problem with the smtp settings in exchange, does anyone know the settings for t-mobile, i have found its tmomail.net but that doesnt seem to work.

Thanks in advance

What email account are you using? Do you have yopur own domain? Who is your ISP?

[Guest jimbouk]

With your own exchange server, you would need to have a static IP address and a real world URL for outlook web access etc. Can you use outlook webaccess? If so, then push email should work (as long as its exchange server 2003, sp2.)

[Guest Confucious]

You don't need a real world URL - or a static IP address - it helps but there is someone that I still use that pretends you have a static IP - works great and I still use it even tho I now have a static IP.

If you have your own domain, hence email you need the A record on your domain pointing to the correct place.

[Guest touficjohn]

u don't really need a static ip address as long u have some sort of domain pointin to the sever - ie dynamic DNS. what you do need however as previously mentiomed is an A record. more importantly however you need what is called an MX record so that ur mail actually knows where its going! MX records are basically to point the email to the smtp server.

unless u NEED ur own exchange server for some reason or other I'd suggest getting either a free mail2web account, a personal exchane account for 2usd/month or a professional exchange account for 11usd/month. the latter allowing you to use ur own domain and sync with outlook.

(excuse the spelling mistakes I'm posting this on my phone)

[Guest touficjohn]

sorry for the double post but for some reason I can't edit my previous post.

what I'd like to confirm with you guys though, is you can only sync with one exchange account at the same time right?

[Guest]

what I'd like to confirm with you guys though, is you can only sync with one exchange account at the same time right?

correct :)

[Guest touficjohn]

that's ashame... would love to forward my gmail to one of my other exchange accounts...

[Guest]

that's ashame... would love to forward my gmail to one of my other exchange accounts...

pop3 is your only other option really, or fwd your gmail to your primary exchange a/c

[Guest chucky.egg]

...which also solves the problem of GMail emails disappearing after doing a send/receive.

[Guest touficjohn]

pop3 is your only other option really, or fwd your gmail to your primary exchange a/c

I would but the prob is I'd like to reply to them from the gmail address and you can only have one smtp proxy per exchange account.

[Guest jfran]

I would but the prob is I'd like to reply to them from the gmail address and you can only have one smtp proxy per exchange account.

you could open a free exchange account with port88.org and set up the email address as your existing one unlike the case with mail2web.

hth

Jim

[Guest waroffice]

I have my own domain (pndaly.co.uk)

Im testing out the exchange server for our directors how require email on the go, i have set up most of it but i was following old tutorials.

I have got exchange installed and working correctly regarding emails, but cant get it to push. I cant get the link between my exchange and my phone.

Anyone got any ideas

[Guest jimbouk]

Can you set up the sync when the phone is plugged into a pc on the Exchange Server's lan?

Are you entering the external address for the server.

Is the server 2003, sp2?

[Guest waroffice]

I can sync when plugged in and OTA (over the air via external ip address)

but that is not what i want, i want push mail were it contacts me first.

Im on 2003 sp2 yes..

[Guest]

do you have direct push enabled on your mobile device? Go to comm manager and turn it on (what device are you using?)

gr

[Guest waroffice]

vario 2, yes its enabled, i cant test it at the mo left my phone at home :)

will get it on my lunch hour

thanks for your help.

[Guest touficjohn]

you could open a free exchange account with port88.org and set up the email address as your existing one unlike the case with mail2web.

hth

Jim

I can already do that, I have a few exchange accounts, but there is no point linking gmail to exchange, because you can only push one account to your ppc.