Patent ID: 6898422

Claim:
A method at a mail server site, the mail server site being operatively connected to a digital radio communication network and arranged to provide mobile e-mail services to mobile communication stations by means of a server host operating in accordance with POP3 or IMAP4 protocols, wherein the method comprises: allocating, in an SMTP server, a job identifier to a received e-mail; storing said job identifier and said received e-mail in a database at a position associated with a client host to which said received e-mail was addressed; treating, in said server host, said job identifier as a unique identifier for said received e-mail when communicating with said client host in accordance with the POP3 or IMAP4 protocol; and transmitting a notification to a mobile communication station defined by a mobile subscription number which is associated with said client host in said database, the notification indicating that said e-mail has been received and including at least said job identifier.