Email + Treo = ? Or does it not add up?

[TRosa]

Hello Fellow Treo Users,

As my first post here at everythingtreo's forums, Id like to debate a relevant issue. Now, since making the switch from a Blackberry 8703e to a Palm Treo 755p, Id like to know if I have made a mistake? Now I know im asking this question in a treo based environment lol, but seriously it seems as if the treo is obsolete when it comes to dealing with emails. What boogles me is that the box says "Direct push email technology"! Maybe I just dont know how, and im hoping thats the case, but Id like to get my emails instantly just like my blackberry. Please fellow treo users, come to my rescue. As for now the equation is Email + Treo = Loss

[benjie]

Well, there are bunches and bunches of us who get their mail faster than the world of Blackberry. I though do not use Outlook. I do email extensively.

I use ChatterEmail and two IMAP servers and routinely an email hits one of those IMAP servers and is pushed to my Treo before the Blackberry even has a chance to smile. Really.

Ben

[jmjii]

Originally Posted by TRosa

Hello Fellow Treo Users,

As my first post here at everythingtreo's forums, Id like to debate a relevant issue. Now, since making the switch from a Blackberry 8703e to a Palm Treo 755p, Id like to know if I have made a mistake? Now I know im asking this question in a treo based environment lol, but seriously it seems as if the treo is obsolete when it comes to dealing with emails. What boogles me is that the box says "Direct push email technology"! Maybe I just dont know how, and im hoping thats the case, but Id like to get my emails instantly just like my blackberry. Please fellow treo users, come to my rescue. As for now the equation is Email + Treo = Loss

Welcome to ET Though I am not able to directly assist in this matter on a technical level, I have many friends, associates and "employees" who are using "push" just fine. It's all in your settings, knowledge and experience. When it came to this I decided that it wasn't that important to me so I didn't configure anything but to simply sync with two of my many accounts at the top of each hour. Again, welcome and good luck.

[TRosa]

Originally Posted by benjie

Well, there are bunches and bunches of us who get their mail faster than the world of Blackberry. I though do not use Outlook. I do email extensively.

I use ChatterEmail and two IMAP servers and routinely an email hits one of those IMAP servers and is pushed to my Treo before the Blackberry even has a chance to smile. Really.

Ben

Hey Ben thanks for the reply. Ive heard of chattermail a few times now, can you break Chatteremail down, where to get it, etc, and What is a IMAP server? Thanks in advance Ben.

[benjie]

ChatterEmail is available from http://www.palm.com/us/software/chatteremail/. The developer is no longer working on it, he is now a Palm employee. Support though is still available for it on his support site.

An IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. The advantages over POP are tremendous. IMAP clients (ChatterEmail is one) retrieves email and manipulates the message stored on the server, without having to retrieve the entire message. You can view headers or parts of or the entire message. You can delete, move them, change status, add storage boxes, bunches of other things.

When a message hits a mail server that supports IMAP/PUSH, and your device (desktop/laptop/hand held device) is logged in to the mail server, the message is pushed to the device - you do not poll with this setup - again, you are logged in to the server and just waiting for the mail to be delivered. When it gets delivered, ChatterEmail wakes up and tells you; otherwise, ChatterEmail sits there quietly doing its thing.

Now the Palm OS is not a truely multitasking animal. As a result, in most situations, one thing at a time is the routine. It can send mail/receive mail while you are doing something else, but it does not do it in true multitasking fashion.

What this means is that you will see an increase in response delays. When the device is trying to establish connection with the server or you are in an area with a weak data signal, et cetera, the device will be slow to respond at times.

The advantage - if you have a heavy email user such as myself, the mail is gotten and you can respond to it quickly.

ChatterEmail has a window popup on top of the application you are working in. When an email comes up, the window comes up and you can read, respond to or delete the message and after that action is done, you are returned to the application you were using.

Give it a go - it really is the email application for those on the go.

Ben

[TRosa]

Thanks again Ben for your help. I will definitely look into it. How much does ChatterEmail Cost? I see it for 29.99 on palm.com, is there anywhere I can find it cheaper? Also what are some good IMAP email services? Thanks in advance.

[Stillrockin]

Trosa, Let me second everything Ben said about Chatteremail! I can't tell you how Chatter and IMAP have changed how I do email . . And FWIW, I prefer my Treo and Chatter over my laptop. Long responses, I will open outlook, but as far as reading and maintenance, I am all about Chatter. I long for Outlook to give me the summary screen that Chatter gives me! One glance lets me know which account (I have several email accounts) got mail. It is certainly one app that keeps me with Palm OS!

[TRosa]

Thanks Rock for your feedback. I appreciate it. Looks like im sold on the chatteremail, once my 755 gets here in the mail, that will be my first download. Now as for IMAP services can you name a few? Thanks in advance.

[Stillrockin]

Lucky for me, I have access to IMAP email servers through my webhost
I have heard several here mention fastmail. You might try searching here and google! Best of luck!

Don't know if you want to fool with it or not, but bluehost is the hosting service I use for my web sites and they offer IMAP email accounts at no additional cost
http://bluehost.com