Gulf Winds,
Here in Indiana by time it's hit my email on my computer the orders already gone, is it faster on blackberries?
I receive an e-mail within about 10 seconds of it being sent. I actually performed a test a few months ago. I receive it approximately 1-2 minutes later on my desktop.
I use a T-Mobile Dash with Windows Mobile in conjunction with an exchange server.
On a side note:
We have gotten a lot more SPAM in the recent months. We are about to install a challenge filter on our system that will not allow any e-mails to get through that are not preapproved. It basically works like this:
1) E-mail is received from XYZ Company
2) E-mail address is checked against our filter
3) If preapproved, message is allowed to reach my phone.
4) If not preapproved, it is placed on hold and a challenge e-mail is sent to the original sender of the message and asks them to confirm their e-mail address and type in a special code that is displayed in the body of the message.
If they complete the challenge message, then they are placed in the approved list and all messages are now able to reach me. Most SPAM is sent out automated and it cannot complete a challenge e-mail.
We are adding the e-mail extensions for all the companies that we work with and it will weed out 99.9% of SPAM. Anyone that is not on our approved list will get sent to a special folder that is only checked once per day via a desktop in our office.