How To Set Up Push Email On Your iPhone

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iSmashPhone.com

– 08/08/2008Posted in: iPhone Hacks

There’s an extremely quick and easy method to set up push email on your iPhone, iPhone 3G, or iPod Touch, without buying a MobileMe subscription. Although this method doesn’t provide actual push functionality, your iPhone will automatically check for new mail every 15, 30, or 60 minutes – whichever time frame you choose. If there’s new email, you’ll get a red number right over your email icon.

Follow these simple instructions:

1. Go to Settings

2. Go to Fetch New Data

3. Turn Push "On" and Choose the Frequency

Note: For better battery life, fetch less frequently.

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5 Comments

1. Reply

   Sharon

   Posted August 14, 2008 at 7:18 AM

   What if the “Fetch new Data” option is not in the list?

2. Reply

   iphone user

   Posted September 23, 2008 at 3:03 AM

   If it’s fetching it’s not real push because the iPhone has to actively “pull” in the data. Push should give you a notification nearly instantly when you receive and email. With fetching you only get notified in the intervals your phone is set to fetch.
   Just wanted to clear that up. Thanks for the suggestion.

3. Reply

   Andy

   Posted October 18, 2008 at 1:05 PM

   are there programs out there that will pull/fetch instantly instead of every 15 min?

4. Reply

   CLAUde

   Posted January 15, 2009 at 2:36 AM

   thanks

5. Reply

   msgpush.com

   Posted June 15, 2009 at 6:59 PM

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