System and method for pushing information from a host system to a mobile data communication device

A method of transmitting messages originating from a wireless device associated with a first electronic mail account maintained at a messaging host system, comprising the steps of;

• generating an original message at the wireless device, wherein the original message is addressed to a message recipient;
• transmitting the original message from the wireless device to a wireless redirector host system via a wireless network;
• receiving the original message at the wireless redirector host system and preparing two copies of the original message, a first copy addressed to the message recipient, and a second copy addressed to the first electronic mail account maintained at the messaging host system, wherein the first copy is addressed as originating from the first electronic mail account and the second copy is addressed as originating from the wireless device;
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• transmitting the first copy from the wireless redirector host system to the message recipient and transmitting the second copy from the wireless redirector host system to the messaging host system where the second copy is stored in the first electronic mail account.

A system for transmitting messages, comprising:

• a wireless device for originating a message addressed to a message recipient, wherein the wireless device is associated with a first electronic mail account maintained at a messaging host system;
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• a wireless redirector host system for receiving the originated message via a wireless network from the wireless device, wherein the wireless redirector host system prepares two copies of the originated message, a first copy addressed to the message recipient, and a second copy addressed to the first electronic mail account maintained at the messaging host system, wherein the first copy is addressed as originating from the first electronic mail account and the second copy is addressed as originating from the wireless device;
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• wherein the wireless redirector host system transmits the first copy to the message recipient and transmits the second copy to the messaging host system where the second copy is stored in the first electronic mail account.