iOS: Supported push mail accounts

Summary

Email accounts that use the push method for message retrieval enable you to have email messages delivered directly to you as soon as the message is received by your email provider instead of checking periodically or manually for new messages. Your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, push email is supported for the following email account types:

  • MobileMe
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Yahoo!

Other email accounts such as POP, IMAP, AOL or Gmail accounts do not support push message retrieval on iPhone or iPod touch but can instead be setup to fetch mail at specified intervals or manually when the Mail application is opened.

Note: A Wi-Fi connection is required to send and receive email on iPod touch.

Products Affected

iPad, iPhone, iPod touch

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To adjust the push or fetch settings for push or email or other accounts on iPhone or iPod touch, tap Settings from the Home screen and then choose Fetch New Data. The setting screen below lets you turn push services on or off for all supported accounts and specify fetch intervals for accounts that do not support push or have push disabled.

Fetch or push settings can be configured for individual accounts in the Advanced settings area. Note that setting Push to OFF or setting the fetch schedule to Manually will supercede individual account settings.

 

Important: Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute Apple’s recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.
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