[kiki816]

Hi!
I am brand new to Blackberry's but am not tech illiterate. I just switched from a Windows Mobile Device (Samsung Omnia) to the Blackberry Curve. I was able to access my Outlook Web Access email from Internet Explorer on the Omnia. On the Curve, I can log into the page, see that I have emails and who they are from but I cannot click on anything. My cursor is gray leading me to believe there are no active links on the page. I have tried re-doing every kind of browser/security setting and nothing works. Please help. Accessing my work email is why I bought a smartphone.

BTW, I tried to automatically link the Web Access email, but I am guessing a firewall is blocking it because my credentials are all correct but it keeps giving me an error.

I would greatly appreciate any help I can get.
Thank you!

[VIOLATOR]

I have never gotten OWA to work via web browser either. It does set up via your BIS though by setting up a "work" account and entering the https://remote web address and then the log on credentials. It also syncs very well as far as read items, deleted items, etc...


David

[kiki816]

Violator,
Thanks for the reply. I tried doing it through the BIS on the handheld and on the website and it won't let me do it. It says "An error occurred during email account validation. Please check your information and try again..." I know my info is right and I am getting emails in my outlook stating the same error. This is very frustrating =(
I even tried to forward the Outlook web access to my blackberry email account and nothing happens. It has to a setting configuration somewhere.

[azbbtraveler]

I'm not able to either. My understanding is in OWA Microsoft version 8.1.375.2 made the option unavailable to BBs. It use to work and our IS people purposely updated to this version to stop BB access (security issues).

Also, none of the browser options work using Internet access. They do not support the scripting needed... at least not on my 8830 world edition.

I'm not too happy about this and am looking at other phone options after being with BBs for 9 years.

Kind regards

[kathrynhr]

Originally Posted by kiki816

I was able to access my Outlook Web Access email from Internet Explorer on the Omnia. On the Curve, I can log into the page, see that I have emails and who they are from but I cannot click on anything. My cursor is gray leading me to believe there are no active links on the page. I have tried re-doing every kind of browser/security setting and nothing works. Please help. Accessing my work email is why I bought a smartphone.

I have the same problem in the Blackberry browser, but I can get into my OWA email fine using the Opera Mini browser. Everything is accessible.

http://mini.opera.com/

The Bolt browser may also work, I haven't tried it.

[kiki816]

Hello all!
After much reconfiguring of all the different browser settings to find different combinations, I am finally able to click on things in OWA via the web browser. I had to go Options -> General Properties -> and uncheck "Enable cursor in column view"

If I do this and then login into OWA, I have to fidget with the trackball a little until I start to see the links like Inbox, Sent, etc. highlighted. Be careful because it is easy to lose track of where the cursor is since you no longer have the arrow cursor. For example, if your cursor is over the X for delete, there is a dotted line box around the X, it doesn't highlight so it is hard to see.

Until I can get BIS to work, this is the solution for me.

kathrynhr, How do you get the Opera Mini browser?
Bolt is good too, I downloaded it so that I can access my University's Blackboard account.

[VIOLATOR]

Originally Posted by kiki816

...kathrynhr, How do you get the Opera Mini browser?...

Opera Mini - Download


David

[French]

I personally prefer BOLT for OWA access via browser (over Opera). I tried Opera and I think Bolt renders the page better.