The Sitestash IMAP email service is fully compatible with IMAP “IDLE” capable PDAs and Smart Phones using “PUSH” features.
Using the IMAP “IDLE” feature Sitestash servers can provide a true “PUSH” email feature to deliver email to PDAs and Smart Phones. This will allow you to send and receive email for yourdomainname.com via your PDA or Smart Phone.
Using the “PUSH” feature, your compatible PDA or Smart Phone will login to the Sitestash web server that handles your domain name, create an IMAP email session, and then switch to an IDLE state while keeping the connection open. This feature allows your PDA or Smart Phone to put its data connection to sleep, and allow normal calls to come in while leaving the IMAP connection in an “IDLE” state.
Once an email is sent to you, our servers switch the IMAP connection from an IDLE state to an ACTIVE or “PUSH” state. Your PDA or Smart Phone’s data connection will “wake up” and trigger the download of new email from the Sitestash server.
Under typical conditions on the Verizon network using a Treo 650 Smart Phone, you will receive an email on your phone within 1 minute of it reaching the Sitestash hosting servers.
Sitestash, Inc. employees use Chatter Email on their Palm Treo Smart Phones and find it to work great with our IMAP service.
Please note that many conditions can vary with wireless data providers, there are many factors beyond the control of Sitestash. We will always do our best to ensure the optimal operation for all PDAs and Smart Phones, software, and wireless providers.
