[dlautman]

Hello,
I am on BES 4.1. I have a user that was previously configured on one device and I am trying to set it up on a new device. I cannot get the device to activate. Other users activate fine on the same device.

The error I get is, after "contacting server...":
"an error has occurred. the email address or password may be incorrect. please contact your sytem administrator."

I have confirmed the email address and activation password are correct.

[juwaack68]

Is the user sitting in front of their PC, opening the RIM network@etp message when it comes into their Inbox? I've had that happen.

First thing I'd do is check the user's email for ANY of these activation emails and permanently delete them (make sure they are not going into the SPAM/Junk-mail folder, either).

If the user is deleting or clicking on them, smack them and close their mail client.

[dlautman]

Hi juwaack68, thanks for your response. I confirmed the user is not checking their email. I have the device in front of me. I logged in as them to Outlook, and left it open and tried activation. I saw an email quickly come in and go away and right after that the activation failed. So I assume it IS retrieving the network@etp message successfully but something else is going on.

[juwaack68]

Hmmmm.... Have you checked the application event log on the BES for the user's name to see what's going on (I check there before I think about slogging thru log files).

You could also log onto the BES with the service account and run IEMSTest.exe to verify the correct permissions for the user.

[dlautman]

God bless you... Checking the event log helped me resolve the issue!!

Here was the event:

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: BlackBerry Dispatcher BES
Event Category: None
Event ID: 20000
Date: 8/22/2011
Time: 12:35:18 PM
User: N/A
Computer: BES
Description:
{USER NAME} Old OTAKEYGEN packet is cancelled, Tag=1603631

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I googled the error description and turns out this is a problem that occurs where the mailbox has a forwarding rule on it. Even though mail is delivered to this box AND another box, it apparently causes issues. Removing the forwarding rule resolved the problem.

Thank you!!!

[juwaack68]

Awesome, I'm glad you figured it out. I didn't think about the forwarding rule.... darn users and their forwarding rules

[nobody7290]

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