What's the differnce? I noticed one of my emails is set up on fetch and the other with push.
Is one better?
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Fetch or Push
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nickspohn
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Well, the name pretty much gives it away.
Push email is when your emails get pushed from the server they are sent to, so it's instant. But the server has to be set up for push (MobileMe)
Fetch is when the phone connects to the server to see if there is any new email at intervals of 15/30/60/manual minutes. etc.
Push email is when your emails get pushed from the server they are sent to, so it's instant. But the server has to be set up for push (MobileMe)
Fetch is when the phone connects to the server to see if there is any new email at intervals of 15/30/60/manual minutes. etc.
Fuchal
macrumors 68030
What he said.
However it IS true that yahoomail pushes, though not with the reliability that Activesync and Exchange.
Ok thanks. So basically since I'm not going to get mobileme i don't need to worry about push huh?
So if you choose the 'manual' setting how/when does it fetch? I don't recall seeing a 'fetch email now' button..
I have heard that too but seems counter intuitive. If it fetches every 15 min then you are guaranteed to use extra juice every 15 min during fetch. But with push it should only "activate" the radio goods when it receives a push signal. I suppose it's the "always waiting for a push signal" that must drain the thing. Unfortunate.