I have a basic question about the whole "push" "poll" thing...
Im not a big e-mail user, imma mechanic by trade, but i do have extensive networking training, though slightly out-dated. My understanding of the "push" email, is merely that the "server" the email is received at, simply "pushes" or fwds that 'mail' to a pre-configured device. BIS (which is BLACKBERRY internet service, no?) Acts as a middleman "polling" your email from outside accounts at very small time intervals then "pushing" them fwd to our devices as if they were the original server. Since they have the servers and the bandwidth, they are able to do this quickly and efficiently, where as a device would kill a battery in an hour if it was polling every say 10-15 seconds.
This being the case(to my understanding) Would the DEVICE not be able to recieve "push" mail from any properly configured mail server?
On DROID we get "push" mail from Gmail because that is the GOOGLE servers doing the work for the GOOGLE device.
SO BACK TO MY QUESTION...
Could a user not set up an Email server on their home pc to do this "polling" and "pushing" in the same manner? Be it the user would have to leave their home PC running 24/7.