postmas...@klam.ca wrote:
I don't currently own a blackberry, but am thinking about getting one
(the Obama effect). A friend who works in the Cellphone business has
warned me that if I just setup the BB to go get my email from my postfix
server this will treated as internet data, whereas if I can "interface"
postfix - BB then the data transfer is treated as email, different and
lower tariff.
Does anybody know if and how such synchronization might be achieved.
This is not a Postfix question, but...
To integrate a BB into an enterprise requires RIMs back-end
enterprise-server solution which I understand goes well beyond just email.
Traditional carriers selling to the public (non-enterprise users)
typically use RIM's servers in a couple ways. First, you can use a
Blackberry email address. In the case, for example, of T-Mobile, you can
create a Blackberry email account which looks like
your.email.addr...@tmo.blackberry.net (where I believe the tmo is for
T-Mobile users and would change for other carriers). Email to this
address is typically delivered virtually instantly.
Second, T-Mobile lets you set up several additional email addresses and
I imagine other carriers are similar. For these addresses, RIM's servers
try to POP (I don't know if IMAP is supported) messages from your server
something like every 15 minutes but it starts looking every three
minutes or so if there is activity on that account. Outbound messages
have your "from" address but are sent from their server.
So other than, perhaps, aliasing mail to your Blackberry, Postfix is not
in the equation.
Gmail is also an option. (Google has a number of good Blackberry apps
including a pretty good version of Gmail as well as chat, maps and so on.)
Just plan on buying the unlimited data plan if you get a BB, otherwise
it will be pretty crippled. And forget about the Obama effect - there
are plenty of other options. Get what works for you.
Cheers,
Steve
