Do You Push Your E-mail?
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Despite being one of those folks who has to have e-mail on my phone, a while back I stopped pushing my e-mail to it several months ago. Now I just check it when I check it, and I am not tempted to pick up my phone when I am spending time with my family that needs to be just their time with me. So am I the only radical out there who doesn't push his e-mail? Do you find that pushing e-mail to your phone makes you a slave to it in a way?
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I definitely push mine.
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I just figured you got your e-mails telepathically, Scott. That way you can respond as quickly as possible.
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I push mine. Too many things I have to keep tabs on and be ready for.
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@networknerd That being said, I definitely agree with your reasoning. I think that's a good way to do it. I just personally could never do it.
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I have push enabled on my work (Exchange) mail, but not my personal mail (doesn't help that Cox still doesn't have IMAP enabled).
But even though I have push enabled, I have my phone set to NOT provide alerts to new messages, so, like you I check them when I check them.
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@Dashrender You sure?
http://ww2.cox.com/residential/support/internet/article.cox?articleId=db0c9270-b1d9-11e2-d072-000000000000A lot of times they don't publicize it or even tell you the truth when asked. But it looks like it's there.
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3 seconds without email is 3 seconds too long
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@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender You sure?
http://ww2.cox.com/residential/support/internet/article.cox?articleId=db0c9270-b1d9-11e2-d072-000000000000A lot of times they don't publicize it or even tell you the truth when asked. But it looks like it's there.
Cool thanks - in the end I still cool with my current setup. I wait for my email until I check it manually (at least for personal email)
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@Dashrender said:
@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender You sure?
http://ww2.cox.com/residential/support/internet/article.cox?articleId=db0c9270-b1d9-11e2-d072-000000000000A lot of times they don't publicize it or even tell you the truth when asked. But it looks like it's there.
Cool thanks - in the end I still cool with my current setup. I wait for my email until I check it manually (at least for personal email)
Well, you can set it to IMAP and turn off push. IMAP works better and eliminates the single point of failure you get when using a client. FWIW
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Who knows I might be using IMAP and not even realize it since most phones today will auto configure based on your email address ( I did notice that cox started doing that about 2 years ago).
The single point of failure has never been an issue for me since (on my phone) I only set to copy messages and delete from server when i delete from my phone (which is how I wanted it).
I guess I've been kinda getting the setup the OP wanted since I started using email on my phone to begin with.
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@networknerd
@Dashrender That approach. Pushed, but no alerts. Check it when convenient or needed. Could set alerts for VIPs (SO, family, etc), haven't been compelled to that just yet. -
@RoguePacket said:
@networknerd
@Dashrender That approach. Pushed, but no alerts. Check it when convenient or needed. Could set alerts for VIPs (SO, family, etc), haven't been compelled to that just yet.That's what I do. Push but no alert.
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I do not even mess with personal email on my cell phone, nor do I really require it for email at all, but for when I do, it is pushed.
Though honestly you probably could chain me to my desk for a full day and I wouldn't even notice, so email on phone is generally a moot point.
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I have been annoying people for a while with a copy of the old AOL "You've got mail" WAV file set as the notification on my iPhone. I generally have it on vibrate or on my headset, but i like to specifically turn it on in some situations
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I have email on every device that I touch. I don't even want to use the loo without having email access.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I have email on every device that I touch. I don't even want to use the loo without having email access.
So are you poop posting frequently? Crap contributing?
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@JaredBusch said:
I have been annoying people for a while with a copy of the old AOL "You've got mail" WAV file set as the notification on my iPhone. I generally have it on vibrate or on my headset, but i like to specifically turn it on in some situations
And on that note...
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AJ you know you are jealous of his WAV file.
A buddy of mine has his Android set to yell "warning, warning, it's the wife" when his wife calls.
