BB newbie with some questions

[sweston]

Hi All,

About to purchase a 8310 through Vodaphone and had a few questions for those who may be able to help.

I am planning to use the BIS (unlimited email) option and wondered if others had used this to access webmail versions of outlook and what was there impressions?

HOw hard is it to set up the phone and download the BIS and server packs etc, and where do i get these from. None of the phone shops I have been into seem to know anymore about BB's than i do from research of web and this forum.

Can i agggregate other emails such as yahoos to all go to the BB (and accessed through the BIS)?

Do I need to sync the device with my pc version of outlook at all if i am accessing webmail through BIS.

Apologies if these questions are basic - i'm a bit of a mobile phone luddite!

[yippy]

I'm quite new at this too but, when you turn on your new phone it'll ask you to register it. You can either do it over the phone or via a computer on your providers bis site.
After you do that you can add the email accounts to your bis. For example on mine I have my gmail, hotmail and isp's accounts linked to my bis.
When that is done the service books will be sent to your device and you should be able to start receiving emails on your blackberry. I think you can add up to 10 email accounts.

[Tfer]

Hi sweston, and welcome to BlackberryForums.... enjoy your time here

Here's a link to the Vodafone site, which you should find helpful.

Answer

It is really not too hard.... basically 2 ways to get up and running:
1. Via the Vodafone Blackberry site, or
2. Via the handset.

I have used both methods and both are relatively painless.... if you aren't confident using the handset, then try the PC/Laptop way.

As the Blackberry uses a push email solution (up to 10 email addresses), I do not think you will need to user a webmail application, as your synched email addresses will push their emails onto the Blackberry handset (onto your new blackberry email address), every 15 minutes (if I am not mistaken).

Sing out if you strike any issues... remember, we were all in your situation at one stage or another.... we will helop out as best we can

[sweston]

Thanks for the info.

I may have to use the webmail Outlook as it is a work account and although I have been offered a licence on the BES I am not too keen on having all my usage monitored through work. Not sure if I can use the push email function with the company Outlook email account???

Thanks for all the help - this is a great tool for newbies

[Tfer]

Perhaps pm GaryCutri on the forum about your query... one of our gurus

Good luck.

[Gregmyers]

Hi Sweston and welcome aboard,
You can set up a webmail client to push out to your device using BIS. You will need to have a few bits of information before you proceed though. Obviously your standard email address and password as well as your web access URL. Select your E-mail Settings link from your device and after logging in, choose the option to 'Supply own Settings' or similar. Input your settings and submit.
If you have any issues please post back here.
Hope this helps,
Kind Regards,
Greg Myers