Push e-mail
Updated: 12/31/2022 by Computer Hope
Push e-mail is a term for any e-mail system that actively transfers new e-mail to the client. Unlike a "polling" e-mail system, where the client must ask the server if its received new e-mails, a push e-mail system delivers e-mail to the client when they are received.
Devices and systems that provide push e-mail capability include:
| System/device | Push e-mail capabilities |
|---|---|
| iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch | Support for push e-mail via Windows Live Hotmail, iCloud, and Microsoft Exchange. |
| Android | Support for push e-mail via Google Cloud Messaging, and Microsoft Exchange. |
| BlackBerry | Push e-mail functionality when connected to BlackBerry Exchange Server. |
| Windows Mobile, Windows Phone | Push e-mail support beginning with Windows Mobile 2003, using a "simulated" push e-mail system called Direct Push Technology. |
| BlacMail | A push e-mail solution from Fifth C, Inc., supporting all major smartphones. |
| Helio Ocean | An "ultimate inbox" e-mail solution which supports Yahoo! Mail, Windows Live Hotmail, AOL Mail, and Gmail. |
| Nokia Symbian Series 60 | Limited support for push e-mail, depending on Nokia device version. |
| Nokia Mail for Exchange | Select Nokia smartphones are compatible with Microsoft Exchange Server's ActiveSync technology. |
| Palm OS (operating system) | Palm smartphones may use push e-mail functionality by use of third-party software ChatterEmail. |
| Palm WebOS | Palm Pre devices running Palm WebOS support push e-mail for Microsoft Exchange, Gmail, and most IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) e-mail accounts. |
| Peek Mail | Peek Mail is a service offered by Peek, Inc. for push mail functions using Windows Live Hotmail, AOL Mail, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, and Microsoft Exchange. |
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