BIS Users: Work-Around For Sent Email From Your BlackBerry Using Outlook

If you are a BIS user that uses Microsoft Outlook and want to keep record of your emails that you send from your BlackBerry handheld without having to save all of them on your device, try this:

CREATE AUTO BCC ON YOUR BIS
1. Log into your BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS)
2. To the left of the active email address that is on your device, click on “Edit”
3. Here, you will see an option that says "Auto BCC"
4. Enter your email address that is currently being used in your Outlook here and save your changes
SETUP OUTLOOK
1. Open up your Outlook and go to your Contacts
2. At the top, click on “New” and create a new contact (IE: Your Name BlackBerry), making sure that you are using the email address(es) that are on your BlackBerry
3. Save your changes
4. Now, go back to your Mail in Outlook.
5. At the top, click on "Tools-Rules and Alerts"
6. Click on "New Rule"
7. It should automatically be selected on "Start Creating A Rule From A Template"
8. In the bottom portion of the box, you should see Step 2
9. Click on “People”, and your Address Book will appear
10. Find your "BlackBerry Address" that you just created, add it, and click OK
11. Next, click on "Specified Folder"
12. In the box that pops up, choose (Sent Items) and click Ok (Note: You may want to create a different folder in your Outlook labeled "BlackBerry Sent" if you wish to distinguish between what was sent from Outlook and what was sent from your BlackBerry)
13. Verify that in Step 2, from is your BlackBerry Contact you created and "Move To" is the folder that you wish, and click "Next"
14. On the next screen, go ahead and click "Next" again
15. In the next screen, make sure that "Move It To The Specified Folder" is checked.
(You may also want to do the following: Scroll down and check the box that says "Mark As Read". Doing this will keep your folder from showing new messages which you may find yourself going into that folder to see what new messages you have
16. Click “Next”
17. In the next screen, don't check anything, just click "Next"
18. In the next screen, name your rule. (A good example would be "BlackBerry Sent Emails") and make sure that "Turn On This Rule" is checked
19. Click finish
20. Now back at the Rules and Alerts screen, click “Apply”

You have now successfully created a "BlackBerry Sent Folder" in your Outlook

BES 4.1, Service Pack 5!

The time is quicky approaching (Friday to be exact) for the release of BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.1 Serivce Pack 5!

Here is a PDF in which you can view all the new and exciting features of what Service Pack 5 has to offer!

BES 4.1 Service Pack 5 Features!

The BlackBerryGuys are now scheduling on-site support for the upgrade of the new Service Pack, so CLICK HERE to contact us and get your time scheduled so that you can start taking advantage of it and all the new and exciting features it has to offer!

OS 4.5 Upgrade List!

BlackBerry owners rejoice! The upcoming BlackBerry 4.5 software will vault your Pearls and Curves into the top ranks of multimedia devices. We got RIM to explain, model by model and server by server, what the new software will give existing BlackBerry owners.

There's a lot of awesome stuff here, with multimedia streaming support, Microsoft Office document editing and HTML e-mail support at the fore.

Some of the new features are handheld-only; some require server upgrades. If you're on BlackBerry Enterprise Server, your IT department will need to upgrade; if you're on BlackBerry Internet Service, you'll need to wait a few months for your carrier to upgrade. I've marked server features with an (S), and handheld features with an (H) to show what you'll be able to do immediately.

Here's the scoop by model number.

8100 and 8800

• Spell check (H) • BlackBerry Maps with Points of Interest (H) • Improved media player with playlist support and automatic playlist generation (H) • Voice note recording (H) • Streaming support for YouTube and Sling Player (H) • Bluetooth stereo music (H) • Microsoft Office document editing with DocumentsToGo (H) • Native format attachment downloading (S) • HTML e-mails (S) • Over-the-air device upgrades (S) • Free/busy calendar lookup (S) • Searching the server for old e-mail messages (S)

8130 Pearl:

• Automatic playlist generation in the media player (H) • Microsoft Office document editing with DocumentsToGo (H) • Native format attachment downloading (S) • HTML e-mails (S) • Over-the-air device upgrades (S) • Free/busy calendar lookup (S) • Searching the server for old e-mail messages (S)

8320/8830/8820

• BlackBerry Maps with Points of Interest (H) • Improved media player with playlist support and automatic playlist generation (H) • Voice note recording (H) • Video recording on Curve models (H) • Streaming support for YouTube and Sling Player (H) • Microsoft Office document editing with DocumentsToGo (H) • Native format attachment downloading (S) • HTML e-mails (S) • Over-the-air device upgrades (S) • Free/busy calendar lookup (S) • Searching the server for old e-mail messages (S)

8700/8703/8705

• Spell check (H) • BlackBerry Maps with Points of Interest (H) • New pictures and ringtones applications (H) • Voice note recording (H) • Microsoft Office document editing with DocumentsToGo (H) • Native format attachment downloading (S) • HTML e-mails (S) • Over-the-air device upgrades (S) • Free/busy calendar lookup (S) • Searching the server for old e-mail messages (S)

*Information Provided Via PC Magazine

Why Do BlackBerry and Apple Hate Each Other So Much?

This is getting absolutely ridiculous. It's like a 21st century version of the Hatfield vs. McCoy's rivalry. Word out now is that Entorage 2008 won't sync with BlackBerry. That's okay, you say? I will just use my PocketMac or Missing Sync! Negative. The plug-ins that are required for those applications to work as the sync between your BlackBerry and MAC are missing too, therefore rendering them worthless. As of right now, there is no ETA on a fix or a patch, but considering that neither Apple nor BlackBerry have a good history of "working with each other", we doubt it will be any time soon. So who is the cause of this? Does BlackBerry hate Apple? Did Apple look at all the BlackBerry owners and say "You won't buy our iPhone? WELL WE WILL SHOW YOU!". This is getting ridiculous guys. I think you both need to go on vacation together down to Cancun and learn how to play nice together.

Get BlackBerrys and Get A BES...FOR FREE!

This promotion just came my way and just wanted to give you the heads up.

It is the BES/CAL promotion (fulfilled through Sprint)
– Activate 20 devices for a free BES (MSRP $3999.99) or 10 devices and receive 10 CALS at no cost (MSRP $1000.00)
**Based on availability of software allocated for this promotion. Expires 3/31/08.

Create Distribution Lists On Your BlackBerry

How many times have you found yourself wanting to create an email to multiple people on your BlackBerry, and it takes too long to put each person in one by one?

Well why don’t you create “Groups” on your BlackBerry?

Here’s how!

CREATING A NEW GROUP ON YOUR BLACKBERRY
Go into your Address Book and bring up the menu.
Scroll to “FILTER” (Will be located above New Address).
Bring up the menu within Category and choose “New”
Name the category.
Save your changes.

CREATE A GROUP/DISTRIBUTION LIST ON A BLACKBERRY
Open your address book and bring the menu up.
Go to “New Group”
Name the group at the top
Bring up the menu and choose Add Member
Add the member from your address book.
*SPECIAL NOTE: A contact may be added to more than one group, and also when adding members to groups, you can still use the “Filter” option to easily find everyone within a category.
Save your changes
The group will now appear in your contacts.

SPECIAL NOTE: Unlike categories, distribution lists do NOT transfer over to your BlackBerry as do categories.

Create Categories On Your BlackBerry!

How many people do you have in your BlackBerry Address Book?
100?
1,000?
10,000?
Don’t you wish there was an easy way to “clean-up” your Contacts?
There is, with a simple, yet generally unknown, option that appears on both your BlackBerry and Microsoft Outlook called “Categories”, and here is how to set your Categories up.

CREATE A NEW CATEGORY ON YOUR BLACKBERRY
Go into your Address Book, and bring the menu up.
Scroll up to and choose “Filter”.
Now in the “Category” list, bring the menu up and choose “New”.
Name your Category.
You will now have a new Category.

ASSIGN A NEW CONTACT TO A CATEGORY ON YOUR BLACKBERRY
Open your Address Book, hit the menu button, and choose “New Address”.
Fill out all the fields you wish to have completed.
Go down to “Category” and select it.
In the menu, choose “Categories”
Scroll to the category you wish to assign them to and hit your space bar to check that box.
(Note: You DO have the ability to assign multiple categories to one contact).
Save your changes.

ASSIGN A CATEGORY TO AN EXISTING CONTACT ON YOUR BLACKBERRY
Open your Address Book and find the person you wish to assign to a category.
Bring up the menu button and choose “Edit”.
Scroll down to “category” and select it.
Scroll to the Category you wish to assign them to and hit your space bar to check.
Save your changes.

ASSIGN A CATEGORY TO A CONTACT IN OUTLOOK
Open your Outlook and go to your Contacts.
Choose the contact you wish to assign to a category and open that contact.
On the “General” page, towards the bottom right you will see a “Categories” option.
Choose the Category you wish to add them to.
Note: Here, you can also create a newly named category by typing the name of the Category and hitting “Add To List”.

ASSIGN MULTIPLE CONTACTS TO CATEGORIES IN OUTLOOK
Go into your Contacts in Outlook.
Find the first contact you wish to assign to a group.
Press the CTRL button and click on that person.
Scroll to the next person you wish to add, and while still holding the CTRL button, click on them, and so-on and so-on.
NOTE: This is generally easier to do in “Phone List” view Once you have selected all of the contacts, you release the CTRL button. In the Outlook Tool Bar, click on Edit-Categories and select the Category you wish to assign them to.
*SPECIAL NOTE: The more contacts you attempt to assign to a group at one time, the longer it will take your computer to do so, and increases the risk of your Outlook to “Stop Responding”.

ASSIGN CONTACT SUB-FOLDERS TO CATEGORIES IN OUTLOOK
Note: If you already have Contacts broken down into “Sub-Folders” and wish to assign that entire group to a category, open that sub-folder. In the ToolBar, choose Edit-Select All.
Go back to your toolbar, and choose Edit-Categories (Down towards the bottom) and choose the category you wish to assign them to.
*SPECIAL NOTE: The more contacts you attempt to assign to a group at one time using the select all option, the longer it will take your computer to do so and increases the risk of your Outlook to “Stop Responding”.

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BBG Says: Don't Use A blackberry.net Email Address For A Forward To...

This weekend we had a meeting with a client, and when we brought this up, we realized that many people probably are using a blackberry.net email address for their "Forward To" addresses when using an Exchange Server without an Enterprise Server.

We recommend that all of our clients that are doing this do not use the blackberry.net email address, but rather a GMail email address, and here is why.

1. When the BlackBerry Internet Service goes down (As has happened several times this past year), email instantly stops being sent to your device. Since everyone now is on BIS 2.0 or later, you no longer have the ability to log into a "webclient" to check email that is sent to a blackberry.net email address, leaving you stranded until the BIS service gets back up and running.

2. In some instances, there have been reports of emails that are sent during an outage to blackberry.net email addresses disappearing and never reaching their destination once the service is restored.

3. During the event of an outage, Gmail comes in handy 2 ways: First, it will always keep a backup (assuming that you have it set correctly in the GMail settings) in your mailbox, meaning that you will still have a copy of that email. Second, assuming that your data service isn't down, you still have the ability (Although not as convenient as having the email delivered to you), to go to www.gmail.com from your device, logging in, and reading and responding to email through there.

4. GMail, as is a blackberry.net email, is free.

One of the disadvantages of this, however, is the fact that corporate email is being forwarded to GMail, which exists on their own servers, and obviously, since there is a webclient login for GMail, it IS possible for someone to get into that account and access delicate information.

HOWEVER.

If you are an IT Admin or a BES user and you are THAT concerned about security with your emails being forwarded to a GMail, since you already have an Exchange Server, you should ALREADY have invested in a BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

Just wanted to point this out as an extra "Backup alternative" for those who are using forwarding rules to blackberry.net email addresses.

Mobile Blogging: A New BlackBerry Fad...

You're waiting for your flight at the Hong Kong airport. Or on the campaign trail in Iowa. Or maybe you're on a much needed vacation in Hawaii. These scenarios used to be a challenge for bloggers and other so-called "digital communicators" to break through the tech barrier and get their thoughts distributed quickly and publicly through their blogs.

But mobile devices have helped spawn the advent of the moblog.

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