iPhone email settings

Virdi

Virdi

Virdi

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Hi all,

Would just like some clarification on how email works on a phone like the iPhone please..

If you setup the email app to check your hotmail or Gmail (web mail)

Will the iPhone notify you (bleep etc..) every time you recieve an email on your hotmail?

..or do you have to launch the email app on your iPhone to check for new emails on your hotmail?


Thanks
 
It is capable of push e-mail however it's not well optimised for it and will swallow your battery like it's going out of fashion. You can set it to poll for e-mail every 5-10 mins which is the better option and yes it will notify you.
 
Push works fantastically with exchange or gmail (which you set up as exchange) accounts.

Not sure why you'd be saying that they aren't optimized for it, even my old 3G (with iOS 4.0.2) worked fantastically with both an exchange and gmail (configured as exchange) email addresses working at the same time.
 
paradigm said:
Push works fantastically with exchange or gmail (which you set up as exchange) accounts.

Not sure why you'd be saying that they aren't optimized for it, even my old 3G (with iOS 4.0.2) worked fantastically with both an exchange and gmail (configured as exchange) email addresses working at the same time.
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I'm not saying it doesn't work - I'm saying it heavily impacts on the battery life.
 
I just found this on the T-Mobile website :confused:

Many phones now come with email software on them – usually found alongside text messaging. If your phone has this feature, emails can be delivered straight to your mobile's inbox.

With Check email you can configure email on your phone and set how often your phone checks for emails. All you need is a POP3 capable phone and an email account with POP3.

With check email you can:

Control how often your phone checks for emails
Use your existing POP3 and IMAP4 email account, such as Yahoomail Plus and Gmail (however, it's not available to Hotmail *users)
You can get check email and internet access at a fixed price of £7.50 when web'n'walk is part of your plan
Find out how to get started on Check email

* You can use the email application on your phone with any POP3 or IMAP4 email account. For some free web accounts you may need to subscribe to an additional service with them to have POP3 capability. Hotmail doesn't offer POP3 access, but Yahoo!Mail does if you subscribe to a Yahoo!Mail Plus account.



...does this mean Push email will not work with a hotmail account?
 
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