Patent ID: 7218926

Claim:
A method of remotely controlling e-mail settings, said method comprising: maintaining at least one of said e-mail settings at a wireless enterprise server; associating at least one of said e-mail settings with said wireless handheld electronic device; enabling remote control of at least one of said e-mail settings at said wireless enterprise server through long range wireless communication between said wireless enterprise server and said wireless handheld electronic device; employing as one of said e-mail settings an e-mail redirection setting; associating at least one folder for at least one e-mail message with said e-mail redirection setting; forwarding or redirecting an e-mail message for one of said at least one folder to said wireless handheld electronic device; employing as said at least one folder a plurality of folders; forwarding or redirecting a plurality of e-mail messages for said folders to said wireless handheld electronic device; and employing said wireless handheld electronic device to enable or disable said forwarding or redirecting for some of said folders.