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  1. #1
    C C
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    Do BlackBerry devices support direct push of mail from an Exchange server?
    (EAS)?

    Why do pay big bucks to BlackBerry for email push when you can get mail
    directly using EAS?





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  2. #2
    Todd Allcock
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    Re: BlackBerry and Direct Push of Exchange mail


    "C C" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Do BlackBerry devices support direct push of mail from an Exchange server?
    > (EAS)?
    >
    > Why do pay big bucks to BlackBerry for email push when you can get mail
    > directly using EAS?


    That's the question Microsoft asks every day! ;-)

    AFAIK, no, Blackberry devices only receive push email from a Blackberry
    server (BIS or BES).

    WinMobile devices, Palm, and the iPhone support direct push over EAS.







  3. #3
    ps56k
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    Re: BlackBerry and Direct Push of Exchange mail

    C C wrote:
    > Do BlackBerry devices support direct push of mail from an Exchange
    > server? (EAS)?
    >
    > Why pay big bucks to BlackBerry for email push when you can get
    > mail directly using EAS?


    because it works -

    the BB does not have the software to receive the other end of the Exchange
    Server push technology
    like the other Microsoft mobile enabled devices...
    so - no software, no push -

    And that Microsoft "push" software, both at the Exchange and the Windows
    mobile level
    has only been available recently,
    whereas the BB adjunct BES server has been around and working for years...







  4. #4
    George
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    Re: BlackBerry and Direct Push of Exchange mail

    ps56k wrote:
    > C C wrote:
    >> Do BlackBerry devices support direct push of mail from an Exchange
    >> server? (EAS)?
    >>
    >> Why pay big bucks to BlackBerry for email push when you can get
    >> mail directly using EAS?

    >
    > because it works -
    >
    > the BB does not have the software to receive the other end of the Exchange
    > Server push technology
    > like the other Microsoft mobile enabled devices...
    > so - no software, no push -
    >
    > And that Microsoft "push" software, both at the Exchange and the Windows
    > mobile level
    > has only been available recently,
    > whereas the BB adjunct BES server has been around and working for years...
    >
    >
    >
    >

    Yes, it works well and unlike the MS version you have great control over
    all of the devices via the BES. Both of those are the reason why the BB
    is an enterprise class device.



  5. #5
    Todd Allcock
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    Re: BlackBerry and Direct Push of Exchange mail

    At 04 Dec 2008 15:57:46 -0600 ps56k wrote:
    > C C wrote:
    > > Do BlackBerry devices support direct push of mail from an Exchange
    > > server? (EAS)?
    > >
    > > Why pay big bucks to BlackBerry for email push when you can get
    > > mail directly using EAS?

    >
    > because it works -
    >
    > the BB does not have the software to receive the other end of the

    Exchange
    > Server push technology
    > like the other Microsoft mobile enabled devices...
    > so - no software, no push -
    >
    > And that Microsoft "push" software, both at the Exchange and the Windows
    > mobile level
    > has only been available recently,
    > whereas the BB adjunct BES server has been around and working for years...



    They didn't have as big a head start as you think. RIM sold email only
    Blackberries sine 1999, but the Blackberry phone has only been with us
    since 2002. Microsoft has offered EAS on WinMobile since 2003. Before
    they offered Direct Push in WM5 devices in 2005, they offered push prior to
    that by using a "silent" SMS trigger system to initiate email retrieval
    from the device. (The device received a special text message that didn't
    display on the device to trigger a sync. Silent SMS is also how GSM phones
    trigger the voicemail indicator.) The downside of that system was that you
    really needed both a data plan and a text messaging plan (or you paid for a
    lot of SMS messages- one for every email that hit your Exchange inbox!)

    Direct push eliminated the SMS trigger requirement and made EAS push more
    palatable and economical, since you no longer needed a texting plan.





  6. #6
    Todd Allcock
    Guest

    Re: BlackBerry and Direct Push of Exchange mail

    At 04 Dec 2008 18:17:15 -0500 George wrote:


    > Yes, it works well and unlike the MS version you have great control
    > over all of the devices via the BES. Both of those are the reason
    > why the BB is an enterprise class device.


    That has changed in recent years. Exchange 2007 and WM6 offers Blackberry-
    style control- remote administration, remote wipe, password policy
    controls, etc.






  7. #7
    Anon E. Muss
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    Re: BlackBerry and Direct Push of Exchange mail

    On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:32:02 -0700, Todd Allcock
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >At 04 Dec 2008 18:17:15 -0500 George wrote:
    >
    >
    >> Yes, it works well and unlike the MS version you have great control
    >> over all of the devices via the BES. Both of those are the reason
    >> why the BB is an enterprise class device.

    >
    >That has changed in recent years. Exchange 2007 and WM6 offers Blackberry-
    >style control- remote administration, remote wipe, password policy
    >controls, etc.


    How original.



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