IPhone Push Notifications for any IMAP account

#1

Post by talison » Wed, Jul 01, 2009, 2:43 AM UTC

IPhone Push Notifications for any IMAP account
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Re: IPhone Push Notifications for any IMAP account

#2

Post by modoc » Wed, Jul 01, 2009, 3:27 AM UTC

The privacy concerns here are obvious... Neat service otherwise, but I don't trust too many people with my e-mail.

Re: IPhone Push Notifications for any IMAP account

#3

Post by RK » Wed, Jul 01, 2009, 3:35 AM UTC

modoc wrote: post #2

The privacy concerns here are obvious... Neat service otherwise, but I don't trust too many people with my e-mail.

People seem to be very loose with their account info these days when it comes to convenience.

You'd never give your password to someone if they asked you in person, but if it's a website, that's a whole different scenario.

Re: IPhone Push Notifications for any IMAP account

#4

Post by zain » Wed, Jul 01, 2009, 3:50 AM UTC

I really wish they had any information about the technical details behind this. Do they mirror your email on their exchange server or something?

Re: IPhone Push Notifications for any IMAP account

#5

Post by whalesalad » Wed, Jul 01, 2009, 4:05 AM UTC

An open source self-hosted implementation of this would be terrific :) I too would not trust this service, it seems pretty fly-by-night.

Re: IPhone Push Notifications for any IMAP account

#6

Post by feverishaaron » Wed, Jul 01, 2009, 4:26 AM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #5

An open source self-hosted implementation of this would be terrific :) I too would not trust this service, it seems pretty fly-by-night.

I suspect this feeling comes from the shoddy design. Throw a few rounded corners at in, and some glossy buttons, and people will be all "oohh Web 2.0".

Re: IPhone Push Notifications for any IMAP account

#7

Post by jsz0 » Wed, Jul 01, 2009, 4:28 AM UTC

Has it been entirely proven that the iPhone only checks IMAP accounts on a 15 minute interval? I've never stop watched it but I feel like it's much shorter. I've seem some speculation that it depends on wifi vs. 3G connectivity. It seems to me that messages show up in my desktop client (IMAP-IDLE aware) only a few minutes before they hit my iPhone. My gut feeling is the iPhone is probably 3 or 4 minutes behind my desktop client (IMAP-IDLE aware) Has anyone been able to confirm or deny the 15 minute interval or is it just my imagination and poor sense of time?

(I do have a separate MobileMe e-mail account account as well. Perhaps it changes the IMAP intervals system wide?)

Re: IPhone Push Notifications for any IMAP account

#8

Post by jasonlbaptiste » Wed, Jul 01, 2009, 4:36 AM UTC

Is there a jailbreak way to modify the settings so it checks it faster than every 15 minutes?

Re: IPhone Push Notifications for any IMAP account

#9

Post by yan » Wed, Jul 01, 2009, 4:48 AM UTC

This service/app will fall apart as soon as Apple adds this feature.

Re: IPhone Push Notifications for any IMAP account

#10

Post by modoc » Wed, Jul 01, 2009, 5:04 AM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #5

An open source self-hosted implementation of this would be terrific :) I too would not trust this service, it seems pretty fly-by-night.

Yeah, I'd love to be able to add real push notifications to postfix.