Push email is used to describe the ability to deliver (or push) messages to clients as they arrive at the mail server. Compare this against the traditional email — you need to fire up your favorite email client like Outlook, Eudora or web-based Yahoo/Hotmail in order to know whether you have email. With the advent of web-connected PDAs and PocketPCs, push technology provides the capability to deliver your email wherever you are — a feature which made Blackberry synonymous to push email.
The success of Blackberry has spurred the challenge to provide a similar experience in other portable devices. For Windows-powered mobile devices, here’s how to set it up fast:- Create a mail2web LIVE account. The mail2web service provides free accounts on Exchange servers which includes ActiveSync support.
- Start ActiveSync in your Windows Mobile device and configure Server. Set server address as mobile.exchange@mail2web.com and provide your mail2web user-id and password. Use ad2 as the domain.
