SYNCHRONIZATION EXTENT OF MAIL CLIENT BASED ON DATA LINK CHARACTERISTICS

摘要

The present invention provides a solution wherein the underlying data network characteristics are detected by a mail client, which may then select the most efficient and effective use of the underlying data channel. In an embodiment of the present invention, the use of the data channel may be made more efficient by selecting a synchronization strategy based on the underlying data network characteristics. For example, in a high-bandwidth data network, full synchronization may be used, but in a low-bandwidth network, only partial and/or select synchronization may be used. This prevents the email user from having to reconfigure the mail client to ensure the most efficient synchronization process when the portable device is attached to a different network. This also reduces the possibility of inefficient usage of low -bandwidth data networks, thus improving network capacity and scalability.