Vodafone iphone email push via Linux/exim

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 13:27 +0000, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Anyone know the best way to configure an iphone (over vodafone) to work with a 
> linux mail server and exim to handle email push.
> 
> I can configure it for a normal SMTP send / IMAP receive, but I want the 
> emails to be pushed to the phone, as it is with the blackberrys that they're 
> replacing.

It's not so much configuring the phone as getting Apple to allow you to
use your server via their built-in synch facility. IOW you have to be
Google or Yahoo or MS. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_email

poc