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Originally Posted by takeshi
How exactly could reconciliation be set up from one POP client (BIS) to another (Outlook or whatever) which is the majority of what BIS users integrate with BIS? That's one reason why it's a BES-only feature. There is also the consideration of undermining the advantages of BES as you mentioned...
They really do need to implement better IMAP support. The current approach is a bit of a mess.
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I wasn't really thinking of POP. I was thinking of IMAP/OWA/Mail Connector. Probably a blinkered view, but I don't really think of POP much these days :-) For IMAP/OWA/Mail Connector it would seem that, even with a Network Operations Centre in the middle, full reconciliation would be possible.
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Originally Posted by takeshi
Why are you unable to use hosted BES? Are you unable to do so or unwilling to pay for it?
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I'm unable. I work for a large institution with no BES and where I have less than zero influence on there being a BES in future. So, I suppose I could pay for hosted BES but I only want to receive my work e-mails on the go. I also wouldn't use calendar/notes/addbk reconciliation (with a personal hosted BES account) as I need to keep these on the corporate Exchange server. I'd be more than willing to fork out for a paid for solution if it was available.
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Originally Posted by takeshi
These devices can reconcile with POP account clients?? That's news to me...
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Got me - again, I wasn't really thinking of POP here. :oops:
The main thrust of my concern is that a lot of prosumers, won't understand why their BlackBerry mailbox is not in sync with their mail client that they use for IMAP mail, for example. In the relatively short period of time I have been hacking around BF and similar I have noticed loads of posts asking why the BlackBerry doesn't do what their old device does in terms of syncing e-mails.
Whilst if I were RIM I would be keen to ring-fence BES revenue as much as possible it seems to me that they are going to have make some changes to the BIS system to stay ahead of the game. That's assuming they are still set on an onslaught of the consumer market (which their recent devices suggest is the case).
I know lots of people may not agree with me, especially if using BIS as an adjunct to a BES account. It's only one person's opinion and my message on the subject probably been deleted by someone at RIM already as "message from a loon"! :-) Fortunately, I'm not dissatisfied with my Pearl. I knew what I was getting and kindly people (including
takeshi) posted helpful comments before I bought it. The form-factor, reliability and battery life are all huge improvements over my Treo. (y) Even though I
could get pseudo-push e-mail on my Treo with Chatter and IMAP/IDLE I prefer the Pearl for the above reasons. That's not to say that I don't miss being able to sort things into folders on the Treo, "sync" deletes from mailbox to Treo etc etc.
Hope this makes sense! :-)