Process flow: Sending an email message to an integrated email address for delivery to a BlackBerry device (polling).............. Process flow: Sending an email message to an integrated email address for delivery to a BlackBerry device (real-time delivery)........... Process flow: Sending an email message from a BlackBerry device using an integrated email address..................
Subscribers access the BlackBerry Internet Service using a browser on their device or using the email setup application on their device. If subscribers have a user name and password for their BlackBerry Internet Service account, they can log in using a browser on their computer.
Feature and Technical Overview BlackBerry Internet Service architecture BlackBerry Internet Service architecture Architecture: BlackBerry Internet Service...
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Description engine The engine is a core component of the BlackBerry® Internet Service and polls subscriber email accounts at specific time intervals, retrieves new email messages, and sends them to the BlackBerry device or BlackBerry enabled device. The engine also manages email reconciliation with email addresses that subscribers have added to the BlackBerry Internet Service.
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BlackBerry device • set up and manage email message forwarding or wireless calendar synchronization if their administrator advises them to do so For more information, see the online help that is available in the BlackBerry Desktop Software.
Feature Description simple setup In a few steps, subscribers can set up email with the BlackBerry® Internet Service using the email setup application, a browser on their BlackBerry device, or a browser on a computer. language support Subscribers can view the BlackBerry Internet Service web site or email setup application in the following languages: •...
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• Turkish switching BlackBerry devices Subscribers can switch the BlackBerry device that is associated with their BlackBerry Internet Service account if they decide to use a new BlackBerry device. character set support The BlackBerry Internet Service supports ISO-2022-JP and UTF-8.
SSL). Instead subscribers only need to provide their email address and password. BlackBerry email address Subscribers can create a BlackBerry email address that they can use to send or receive email messages on their BlackBerry device. When subscribers send email messages using their BlackBerry email address, the BlackBerry Internet Service sends these email messages using real-time delivery.
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Microsoft® Exchange, the BlackBerry Internet Service copies email messages that subscribers send from the BlackBerry device to the sent items folder and email messages that subscribers delete from the BlackBerry device to the deleted items folder in the email account.
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BlackBerry device. Attachment viewing features To use the following attachment features, subscribers' BlackBerry® devices must be running BlackBerry® Device Software Version 3.8 or later. For RTF attachments, subscribers' BlackBerry devices must be running BlackBerry Device Software Version 4.2 or later.
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Feature and Technical Overview BlackBerry Internet Service features Feature bookmarks color support comments email links embedded pictures .tif files only embedded tables endnotes font size font style footnotes internal hyperlinks internal table of contents password phone links text box track changes...
BlackBerry® Internet Service account, they can synchronize contacts between their email account and the Contacts application on their BlackBerry device. Subscribers can add, change, and delete contacts from their device or from their email account and the BlackBerry Internet Service synchronizes the changes.
Feature Description protection for online transactions The BlackBerry® Internet Service uses SSL to increase the security of the connection to mobile shopping and mobile banking web sites for BlackBerry devices. email message encryption for integrated The BlackBerry Internet Service encrypts email messages that it sends and receives using SSL email accounts if the external messaging server (POP over SSL, IMAP over SSL, or Microsoft®...
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Feature and Technical Overview BlackBerry Internet Service features Feature Description For additional control of spam email messages, subscribers can create email message filters to file unwanted email messages or to prevent email messages from being delivered to their BlackBerry device.
BlackBerry® Built-In™ software BlackBerry® Device Software version 3.8 devices with BlackBerry® Connect™ software BlackBerry Device Software version 2.0 or later Supported email accounts Subscribers can add the following types of email accounts to the BlackBerry® Internet Service: • POP3/ISP • IMAP4 •...
Attachment requirements Supported attachments Subscribers can open email messages that contain supported attachments on their BlackBerry® device. Subscribers can open the table of contents for an attachment, or they can open the complete attachment. Attachments cannot exceed 8 MB (6 MB for the attachment and 2 MB for the message header and file encoding).
• view embedded pictures in Microsoft® Word documents • save picture attachments to the media folder on the BlackBerry® device BlackBerry Device Software version 3.8 or later • view footnotes BlackBerry Device Software version 3.8 or later •...
BlackBerry Device Software 4.2 or later branded icons for hosted domains BlackBerry Device Software 4.2 Service Pack 1 or later setup wizard for BlackBerry® Internet Service accounts BlackBerry Device Software 4.2 Service Pack 2 or later contact synchronization BlackBerry Device Software 5.0 or later...
An email message arrives in the subscriber's personal or work email account that the subscriber has configured to forward email messages to the BlackBerry® email address. 2. Email message filters that the subscriber created in the work or personal email account forward the email message to the BlackBerry email address.
A contact sends an email message to the subscriber's integrated email account over the Internet. 2. The BlackBerry® Internet Service polls the integrated email account approximately every 15 minutes to check for new email messages. 3. The BlackBerry Internet Service retrieves the new email message.
Feature and Technical Overview Process flows A subscriber uses a BlackBerry® device to send an email message from an email address that the subscriber added to the BlackBerry® Internet Service. 2. The BlackBerry device sends the email message to the BlackBerry Internet Service over the wireless network.
2. The BlackBerry® Internet Service polls the integrated account at regular intervals to check for calendar changes. 3. The BlackBerry Internet Service retrieves the updated calendar data. 4. The BlackBerry Internet Service sends the updated calendar data to the subscriber's device over the wireless network. Process flow: Synchronizing calendar data from a device A subscriber adds, changes, or deletes calendar entries from a BlackBerry®...
BlackBerry® Mail is designed to provide subscribers with push delivery of email messages and convenient mobile access to Internet content for their BlackBerry devices. Subscribers create a BlackBerry email address that they use to send and receive email messages on their BlackBerry devices.
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Real-time delivery refers to the process whereby the messaging and collaboration server receives and delivers items, such as messages or organizer data items, nearly simultaneously. Rich Text Format service books Service books determine which services are available on BlackBerry devices or BlackBerry enabled devices. SMTP Simple Network Management Protocol SOAP...
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Feature and Technical Overview Glossary Wireless Application Protocol wireless service provider A wireless service provider is an organization, such as a telephone company, that owns or operates one or more telecommunications facilities and provides services to the public for a fee. Wireless Markup Language...
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Some airtime service providers might not offer Internet browsing functionality with a subscription to the BlackBerry® Internet Service. Check with your service provider for availability, roaming arrangements, service plans and features. Installation or use of Third Party Products and Services with RIM's products and services may require one or more patent, trademark, copyright, or other licenses in order to avoid infringement or violation of third party rights.
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Feature and Technical Overview Legal notice Egham, Surrey TW20 9LF United Kingdom Published in Canada...