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How is Palm for E-mail
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Posted by: JMBrown

I have always used WM devices and have always enjoyed their e-mail capabilities. That said, I think I am going to grab a 680 when it drops. I wanted to know how Palms handle email. I am by no stretch of the imagination a heavy business user who needs his email pushed to him immediately; just a college student who likes to stay connected. Right now my 3125 auto-checks my email every 30 minutes. Does such an option exist with versamail? If so, how reliable is it?

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Posted by: milkham

versamail can be set to check your mail at a set interval. many people have problems with versamail in general though, driving purchases of software such as snappermail and chatter.

Posted by: WoNGsTeR

i remember palm was going to launch blackberry direct.. anybody have info if they are still launching that or its already launched?

Posted by: twitch3

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Originally Posted by WoNGsTeR

i remember palm was going to launch blackberry direct.. anybody have info if they are still launching that or its already launched?

It's been available but only for Cingular. http://www.palm.com/us/products/index.html

Posted by: twitch3

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Originally Posted by JMBrown

I have always used WM devices and have always enjoyed their e-mail capabilities. That said, I think I am going to grab a 680 when it drops. I wanted to know how Palms handle email. I am by no stretch of the imagination a heavy business user who needs his email pushed to him immediately; just a college student who likes to stay connected. Right now my 3125 auto-checks my email every 30 minutes. Does such an option exist with versamail? If so, how reliable is it?

Thank

I highly reccomend Chatter Email for your treo. Even if you don't need the direct push, you can't beat the features, support, and never ending enhancements. www.chatteremail.com

Posted by: ccrews

Another vote for chatter - verry solid mail program, quick updates and 'push' like service with IMAP accounts

Posted by: impyman

So emails are directly pushed to the device? Like on the 680?

Posted by: fishera

Can Blackberry Direct work on T-Mobile?

Posted by: ccrews

The way that I understand it is that chatter keeps an open connection to your mailbox and only transmits if there is something that changes so yes its really quick like push email. This is only with IMAP acounts not POP, with POP you can set the traditional interval. They also offer a free account if you need one. There are several threads on this here as its where I originally found the info. Battery life is not too adversly affected as run time is about a day and a half of email, AIM, and phone use.

Posted by: JackG058

Chatter's push only works with IMAP accounts that have the IDLE mode. This is why the free emailtreo.net address Chatter gives you is so great. It is designed to work with this program. You can also add additional accounts, say if you have a POP also. Won't push those but you can time sync them.

Posted by: fishera

Can't I do time sync with VersaMail? One thing I like about Chatter is how it grabs my e-mail in the background, but I wish the interface was nicer. Can I skin it?

Posted by: JackG058

Yes, you can time sync with VersaMail too. On the 700p, I have never really ran into any problems with it, I just prefer the Chattermail's powerful options and push abilities much more. On my work provided 650, I have to use VersaMail. Again, it causes no problems for me (that I am aware of anyway), I just think it is overall a weak client.

As far a skinning, I'm not sure on Chattermail. You could email the author though as he is probably the most responsive person I've ever dealt with in purchasing a program. You can find him on the Chattermail forums.

Posted by: bclinger

Skinning was asked long, long ago and the answer long, long ago was no. I like the summary view though - it took a day to get use to it and it is my friend. Well, sort of.

Ben