Patent ID: 8024416

Claim:
A method of redirecting data items from a messaging server to a user's mobile communication device via a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving, at a redirector component disposed in an intranet and coupled to the messaging server, a plurality of commands from the mobile communication device via the wireless network; responsive to a first command of the plurality of commands, enabling a preferred list mode and adding at least one sender to a preferred list of senders; responsive to a second command of the plurality of commands, setting a redirection flag configured for the user to enable redirection of data items to the user's mobile communication device from the messaging server until the redirection flag is reset to indicate cessation of redirection of the data items; detecting arrival of at least one data item received at the messaging server and determining that the at least one data item is from a particular sender of the preferred list of senders, the at least one data item being addressed to the user's mail address associated with the messaging server and operable to be stored thereat; responsive to the determination, causing to bundle at least a portion of the at least one data item for transmission to the user's mobile communication device via the wireless network; and moving the at least one data item into a particular folder responsive to a command from the mobile communication device.