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What should I use, push or fetch?

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marcin0903

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as in thread, what should be better? I want to have as fast as possible notification about email received and also don't want to run both fetch & push, because I want to let my battery last longer ;).
 
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I use fetch, not push, as my battery life is better that way. If I am expecting an important email, I usually turn push back on until I get it. It's really a matter of personal preference though.
 
Push is the fastest but uses the most battery life.

Fetch is slower and uses less battery life, the longer the interval the less it uses.

Manual is the slowest but gives best battery life :)
 
Id recommend PUSH as push gets it from server. And since your cell has a constant connection using the tower it already has this without any extra battery drain.

While with fetch its gonna initiate a sequence just go check even tho nothing is there.

Id say go with Push!
 
Ok, I decided to go with push, if it will be too much annoying because of battery I will try fetch.
 
My battery went down around 15% overnight using push gmail using exchange, switching to fetch my battery went down 0% overnight
 
I've got AOL mail - anyway I will check out both, and if push will 'eat' lots of battery than I will change to fetch
 
marcin0903 said:
as in thread, what should be better? I want to have as fast as possible notification about email received and also don't want to run both fetch & push, because I want to let my battery last longer ;).
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You need to make sure your email is compatible with the push feature, as it doesn't work with all (most) email accounts. So having it turned on if you can't use it anyway would be a waste of battery.
 
drummingcraig said:
You need to make sure your email is compatible with the push feature, as it doesn't work with all (most) email accounts. So having it turned on if you can't use it anyway would be a waste of battery.
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That's what I thought. Regular Gmail isn't push compatible right? Have to set it up through Exchange.
I don't think my school email is push either... From what I had understood the emails are usually fetch.
 
nidserz said:
That's what I thought. Regular Gmail isn't push compatible right? Have to set it up through Exchange.
I don't think my school email is push either... From what I had understood the emails are usually fetch.
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Actually I think Gmail accounts (being IMAP) do work with push. But most POP accounts have to be routed thru an exchange server or forwarded thru a MobileMe account.
 
I use an app called pushmail.
All three of my gmail accounts forward to it
and then it pushes a summary of the message to me.
I then setup all my email accounts to manual on my phone.
My battery is minimally impacted.

I think this is the best compromise.
I get my emails instantly and if I want
to go see the rest of the email I just check
my email and it downloads the rest of the message.
 
Armeniandave said:
I use an app called pushmail.
All three of my gmail accounts forward to it
and then it pushes a summary of the message to me.
I then setup all my email accounts to manual on my phone.
My battery is minimally impacted.

I think this is the best compromise.
I get my emails instantly and if I want
to go see the rest of the email I just check
my email and it downloads the rest of the message.
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Exactly what I use and the developer is extremely responsive. I wish that iOs would support IMAP IDLE but it seems this is never going to happen.
 
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