LogicMail, POP and IMAP client for Blackberry
Problem Solving, Product Reviews February 15th, 2009
OK, so this weekend I find myself in the situation whereby I’ve got a POP3 account that I need to check regularly whilst I’m on the move. At RatwareUK we’ve got a BES solution, so I thought about creating a forwarder on the target email server to my principal email address which would push it through MSExchange and via BES to my blackberry. I hate email forwarding though – and it’s probably unwarranted – but I’ve got hangups from dealing with companies whose email aliases are setup on an unfathomable web of forwarders. I guess I’m biased but I try to avoid them at all costs! Using my Blackberry, I wanted to connect directly to my additional POP3 mailbox:
Introducing LogicMail – free, open source – I’m impressed. Implementation took around 2 minutes and I did it directly from their website on my Blackberry. I’ve now got a fast and reliable POP3 client which allows me to relay out through an SMTP server of my choice. The client also integrates with my Blackberry address list and has a host of settings to customise identity etc.
Pull technology will never be as fast or reliable as Push and we all know BES is the best at this. However, LogicMail provides a really good and painless alternative solution. It got me thinking about future blog posts. I think one day I’ll have to do a post detailing BES vs Windows Mobile.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
how is push more “reliable” than pull ?
May 26th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Hey,
Firstly there’s always going to be a delay with pull as you are limited to the time intervals that your mobile agent polls the server for mail. Also, with pull the synchronisation between mobile agent, mail server and desktop mail client is often ropey. I’ve never done it at any setup without having conflicts and lagging from time to time.
Talking broadly, new mail delivery via a push protocol, followed by a reconcile is definitely the way forward. In the article above though I’m comparing LogicMail to the likes of BES, which isn’t fair.