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hi!
im not familiar with blackberry technology, so be kind :) im evaluating a migration from exchange to postfix+dovecot+egroupware solution. im almost there except for blackberry. the customer have a blackberry server (BES server?) and i have some questions: * generic questions: - what are the main advantages of blackberry connector over a simple imap/pop3 program? i think is about doc/xls/pdf conversion, but i dont really get the point to mantain a very expensive service just for applying some filters/converters to allow people see their funny slides on the phone. - what diferences are between having our own BES server or using RIM ones? i guess performance can be one, but im not sure. - is better to create specific accounts for bb users or just use the regular ones? - in case that i need specific bb accounts, where i create them? on the BES server/RIM server or my mail system? * linux specific: - related to my first generic question: what advantages are of getting mails through BES server over a plain pop/imap connection? - i know there's no linux version of BES, any hints about virtualizating it? - is there any dependencies to run BES besides obvius requisites? - can i just forward/relay mails to a BES server? and to an account on a RIS server? - can a BES server retrieve mails from a imap/pop system? im sure i'll have more questions but i'll stop for now. my intended setup is: postfix + dovecot + egroupware postfix droping mail to real accounts and forwarding a copy to bb accounts. this way i just have to set up a new account for every bb device and create an additional alias for the real user. any additional hints will be more than wellcome, best regards. |
I'll take a stab at some of these. Disclaimer: I don't use BES, I just read about it and have a buddy who runs a big one for a bunch of Doctor-type people.
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I recommend that you post and ask in the "BES Admins" section of this website instead of the Linux section here, it sounds like you need more/better hardcore BES answers than you do actual Linux answers. Those guys in that sub-forum should be able to help out a lot better, it's their bread & butter. |
A better idea would be migrating to another BES supported groupware. You should take a look at Novell Groupwise, as the server runs on linux systems.
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