Patent ID: 8060564

Claim:
A method of redirecting information between a messaging host system and a wireless mobile data device that is associated with a computer connected over a network to the messaging host system, the method comprising: receiving a notification at a redirector component associated with the messaging host system indicating receipt of a mail item by the messaging host system, wherein the mail item is addressed to a data store associated with the messaging host system that is viewable via the computer; processing the mail item at the redirector component to add identification information associated with the wireless mobile data device; sending the mail item from the redirector component to the wireless mobile data device over a wireless network; receiving a reply signal from the wireless mobile data device relative to the mail item that was redirected; and changing a message status change indicator associated with the mail item, wherein the message status change indicator is viewable via the computer and the message status change indicator indicates that the mail item was replied to and further wherein the message status change indicator is a graphical icon that provides an indication that the redirected mail item was replied to at the wireless mobile data device.