Apparently, Goodlink can compress the GAL into a eensy weensy teeny tiny file for Organizations with an extremely large user base... :P
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Peter Sam <srir...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>Blackberry should really provide the admins the right ... > >> > I am glad they dont. > > Of course, *we* would never use it even if they did.. Our GAL has a > little more than 500,000 (yes, 500 thousand) contacts and employee email > addresses. > > And how current will it be ? -- and constant downloads like the OAB? > > There is a lookup feature in Blackberry that more than accomplishes this > task of looking for a user. Of course, if you email a user, it keeps that > in "memory" similar to the outlook nickname file..... > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:41:22 -0400 > Subject: Re: Blackberry GAL > From: hbo...@gmail.com > To: exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > > Blackberry should really provide the admins the right to publish the > Exchange GAL. So when i'm composing a message and i start typing in a > persons name, the exchange GAL and my local contacts get auto-populated. I > really don't see the resource/bandwidth/technical overhead with getting that > done ( or I could just be resource/bandwidth/technically short-sighted) > > Maybe it's just my overall inexperience with blackberry and their > respective shortcuts, but I'm really looking to type less, especially when > it comes to the mundane part of adding the e-mail address. If I, or anyone, > constantly e-mails a group of people --- is there a faster way of adding a > frequently used recipient ? > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Don Andrews <don.andr...@safeway.com>wrote: > > I believe you can choose to add the results of a lookup to your contacts > (we discourage this as it makes a static copy of a dynamic contact) > > Don’t know about your second question unless you’d like to prefix the field > that is the sort key with a number or something. > ------------------------------ > *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:46 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* OT: Blackberry GAL > > > All -- > > We recently made the move from Goodlink to BES. I have a few annoyances, > but one of the main and most annoying issues i'm hoping there is an answer > for is: > > - Is there a way to default to the Exchange GAL when typing in a name > during e-mail composition ? Right now, the list populates with your > personal > contacts within outlook and I'll have to "lookup" in order to find a name > in > the Exchange GAL.. > - Is there a way to add or auto-populate a blackberry device with the > "most frequently" e-mailed ? In other words, lets say you have 20 contacts > with the last name "Singh" but frequently only e-mail 1 of them, is there a > way to trick the blackberry to populate that "Singh" first ? > > > Thanks, > > > > > ------------------------------ > Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Search, add, and share the web’s latest sports > videos. Check it > out.<http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_videos_072009&cat=sports> >
