Push email means that the email is sent to your phone as soon as it is sent to you

rather than it sitting on some server, and you only get it when you open your email program on your phone and say "get new messages".

Posted By: Arizona Bay on September 24th 2008 at 13:32:26

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Not sure if everyone saw the Matthew Gibson news last night (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 12:48:19
- Genuinely heart warming news that. The Gibbmeister is accounted for. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Sep 24, 12:51:16
  - "the gibbmeister" - brilliant. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Sep 24, 13:01:26
  - Who is Matthew Gibson? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 12:58:09
    - O, thereby hangs a tail. (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 24, 12:59:32
    - asking this question (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 12:59:00
      - *promulgate* - nice. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 24, 13:22:45
      - Damn (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:18:39
        
        btw (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 13:22:41
        
        What is an "instant push on email"? (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:26:17
        
        Push email means that the email is sent to your phone as soon as it is sent to you (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 24, 13:32:26
        
        BRILL explanation (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:35:12
        
        'snot quite right though, is it? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:40:01
        
        Don't you have to tell them when you want them? (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 24, 13:42:25
        
        Yes. Within options they give you. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:43:41
        
        Oh just FUCK OFF Hawes (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:46:43
        
        Indeed, which is right, and Pens is wrong. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:48:29
        
        Pens is never wrong (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:58:51
        
        Well, the only mobile phone based email I've used, you *do* have to ask for new messages (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 24, 13:55:36
        
        OK, it's like this (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 14:00:34
        
        anyway my favourite radio comedy sketch of recent years: (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 14:10:06
        
        chortle (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 14:11:57
        
        Shouldn't be long (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Sep 24, 14:26:32
        
        I don't know - as I say my only usage of foon-based email was in 42BC (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 24, 14:02:48
        
        so to bring this back to the point (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 13:52:19
        
        And does it also mean (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:55:37
        
        I assume you want to pick up emails from your already existing email addresses? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Sep 24, 14:07:12
        
        (the one I know checks for new emails every 5 minutes, as you say.) (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:44:59
        
        I thought that (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 13:36:58
        
        *Ahem*, remeber me? (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 24, 13:31:11
        
        WHAT? (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:34:31
        
        It just means it delivers it to your phone as soon as it's received from the sender (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Sep 24, 13:30:33
        
        Ooo I missed that one (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:56:42
        
        accessing it through your normal email server (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 13:28:58
        
        Thanks, most helpful (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:33:59
      - Indeed. Everyone on here knows the The Gib (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:01:58
        
        I don't. Plus I am not him. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Sep 24, 13:08:07
        
        Interesting. Very interesting. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:35:06
        
        OG can spin yarns about gold-threaded floor-coverings (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 13:03:07

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