Patent ID: 8583826

Claim:
A method, executed in a messaging server for handling electronic messages for a user, handling electronic state messages for at least one IMAP terminal, and delivering electronic state messages to at least one IMAP terminal, said method comprising the following steps: identifying a state change in or at said messaging server, said state change relating to at least one electronic message associated with said user, said at least one electronic message containing a destination identity associated with said user, looking up said destination identity associated with said user, in a directory connected to said messaging server, to retrieve the terminal identity of said at least one IMAP terminal used by said user, looking up said terminal identity of said at least one IMAP terminal, used by said user, in a Domain Name System server, to retrieve the Internet Protocol address currently assigned to said at least one IMAP terminal, and delivering an electronic state message to said at least one IMAP terminal, without using an IMAP session, using said Internet Protocol address as destination address, wherein the electronic state message comprises updated state information and a body of the at least one electronic message.