Tom, I'm guessing (based on your statement that he's accessing through OWA) that he followed the procedure below to set this up: Add an email address for an email account that you access using a desktop web browser 1. Select the I can access my email account using a web browser (Outlook Web Access) option. 2. Click Next. 3. In the Outlook Web Access URL field, type the web address that you use to access the email account. 4. Verify your email address. 5. In the Email account name field, type the mailbox name for your Outlook account. The mailbox name is the same as your login name, and it is usually case-sensitive. 6. In the User name field, type your user name. 7. Verify your password. 8. Click Next. The above is done through the carrier's user account. The whole set of procedures for Outlook is given below (this was taken from a Cingular Account): Add a Microsoft Outlook work email address Your Microsoft Outlook email account must be enabled on a Microsoft Exchange Server. If you do not know the server type, contact your system administrator. Note: If you access your email account using a desktop computer on your company's network, use your desktop web browser to add the email address for the account. 1. Perform one of the following actions: o On your BlackBerry device or BlackBerry-enabled device, on the BlackBerry Internet Service web site, click Email accounts. Click Add an email account. o In a desktop web browser, on the BlackBerry Internet Service web site, in the left pane, click Email accounts. Click Add account. 2. In the Email Address field, type the full email address (for example, clydewarren@xxxxxxxxxxx). 3. In the Password and Confirm Password fields, type the password for your email account. 4. Click Next. 5. Perform one of the following actions: o If you access your work email account using a desktop web browser, skip to "Add an email address for an email account that you access using a desktop web browser." o If you access your work email account from a desktop computer on your company's network, skip to "Add an email address for an email account that you access using Outlook." Add an email address for an email account that you access using a desktop web browser 1. Select the I can access my email account using a web browser (Outlook Web Access) option. 2. Click Next. 3. In the Outlook Web Access URL field, type the web address that you use to access the email account. 4. Verify your email address. 5. In the Email account name field, type the mailbox name for your Outlook account. The mailbox name is the same as your login name, and it is usually case-sensitive. 6. In the User name field, type your user name. 7. Verify your password. 8. Click Next. Add an email address for an email account that you access using Outlook 1. Select the I always use Outlook to access my email account option. 2. Click Next. 3. Perform one of the following actions: o To install the mail connector on your desktop computer, click Download. Complete the on-screen instructions. Click Install. If prompted, provide additional account information. See "About Microsoft Outlook work email account settings for setup with the mail connector" for more information. To share your mail connector with colleagues, select the I want to allow others to share my Mail Connector option. Note: You cannot download the mail connector using your BlackBerry device or BlackBerry-enabled device. Try adding the account from the BlackBerry Internet Service web site in a desktop web browser to download the mail connector. o To use a colleague's mail connector, click Click here. Type the mail connector ID. Click Next. If prompted, provide additional account information. Click Next. Verify that Outlook is not set to store email messages locally. Click OK. You can also add a personal email address and a Lotus Notes work email address. I use this service to grab my gmail data as a personal email address. Last year that used to be done at intervals. This year, however, whenever I send a message or receive a message through my gmail account, my BlackBerry gets it pretty much in real time (few second delay at most). Cordially yours, Jerry G. Young II Applications Engineer, Platform Engineering Enterprise Hosting NTT America, an NTT Communications Company 22451 Shaw Rd. Sterling, VA 20166 Office: 571-434-1319 Fax: 703-333-6749 Email: g.young@xxxxxxxx ________________________________ From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas W Shinder Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 11:41 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA, Exchange, and Blackberries... Hi Jerry, I have no reason to doubt this, as I know nothing about the crackberry and our design was to support only Windows Mobile devices. I don't know what magic was done to make it work, but I don't have a BES installed, and I know now that he's not using the Desktop redirector (which sounds like what Verizon makes available for Windows Mobile ActiveSync for those without Exchange Servers) Maybe someday I'll get to visit him and actually see what he did to make it work. Thomas W Shinder, M.D. Site: www.isaserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/> Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/ Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 MVP -- Microsoft Firewalls (ISA) ________________________________ From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald G. Young Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:30 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA, Exchange, and Blackberries... There's only 4 ways that a BlackBerry device will integrate with Exchange. 1. BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 2. BlackBerry Desktop Redirector on user's workstation 3. Carrier BlackBerry Account configuration to pull mail from mail server (I think this is just POP) 4. Mail Server Forwarding Configured (sends to carrier's user's BlackBerry Account) 1 and 2 will just work. When using 1, this is called Enterprise Activation and on BES 4.0+ this can occur wirelessly, which really is as simple as entering your email address and a password on the device to kick the process off. 2, of course, assumes an Outlook Profile exists and is correctly configured, and that the BlackBerry Desktop Redirector is up and running on the user's workstation. RIM, and Tier 2, love to make the assumption that you're a BES shop. At least they have been when I've called them in the past and I have had to be specific about BES not being installed before they changed direction for me. :-) For what it's worth Dan, if you want to start playing with BES, RIM provides a free 1 user license version called BES Express. This is based on BES 4.1 and is available from the following link: http://www.blackberry.com/select/server/express.shtml Cordially yours, Jerry G. Young II Applications Engineer, Platform Engineering Enterprise Hosting NTT America, an NTT Communications Company 22451 Shaw Rd. Sterling, VA 20166 Office: 571-434-1319 Fax: 703-333-6749 Email: g.young@xxxxxxxx ________________________________ From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas W Shinder Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 11:14 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA, Exchange, and Blackberries... There you go. That's what my bro did and it just worked. I was pretty surprised! Thomas W Shinder, M.D. Site: www.isaserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/> Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/ Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 MVP -- Microsoft Firewalls (ISA) ________________________________ From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ball, Dan Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:11 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA, Exchange, and Blackberries... I was just talking to their Tier 2 support, and they assured me it is as simple as entering information about their Exchange account, and it should just work, even if POP is not enabled. I guess I'll find out in a couple of hours. ________________________________ From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas W Shinder Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 11:06 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA, Exchange, and Blackberries... I don't think he did that, as he didn't mention that he had to install any software. Just entered the username/password somewhere on the device. Thomas W Shinder, M.D. Site: www.isaserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/> Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/ Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 MVP -- Microsoft Firewalls (ISA) ________________________________ From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald G. Young Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 9:15 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA, Exchange, and Blackberries... He's using the BlackBerry Desktop Redirector - it ties into the user's Outlook Profile on the workstation. The user needs to install the BlackBerry Desktop Manager to get the BlackBerry Desktop Redirector functionality. Cordially yours, Jerry G. Young II Applications Engineer, Platform Engineering Enterprise Hosting NTT America, an NTT Communications Company 22451 Shaw Rd. Sterling, VA 20166 Office: 571-434-1319 Fax: 703-333-6749 Email: g.young@xxxxxxxx ________________________________ From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas W Shinder Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:06 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA, Exchange, and Blackberries... No. And when he connects, I see that he's connecting through the OWA WPR. Thomas W Shinder, M.D. Site: www.isaserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/> Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/ Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 MVP -- Microsoft Firewalls (ISA) ________________________________ From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ball, Dan Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 9:00 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA, Exchange, and Blackberries... Do you have POP enabled? ________________________________ From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas W Shinder Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 9:55 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA, Exchange, and Blackberries... Hi Dan, I didn't do anything on my Exchange Server. He somehow was able to leverage the OWA publishing rule to use his crackberry. I don't know how he did it, since I haven't seen what he actually did on the device to make it work. Thomas W Shinder, M.D. Site: www.isaserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/> Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/ Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 MVP -- Microsoft Firewalls (ISA) ________________________________ From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ball, Dan Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 8:46 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA, Exchange, and Blackberries... Interesting, that makes it sound like you don't need any modifications to the Exchange server to get it working. I'll know more about what I have to work with when the device and "software" show up in our office. ________________________________ From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas W Shinder Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 8:43 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA, Exchange, and Blackberries... Hi Dan, Funny thing. My brother wanted to use his crack berry with my Exchange 2003 box and I told him I don't do crack or apple. I gave him the log on credentailis, and he figured out how to do it. He's no IT guy (investment banker) so apparently you don't need to be an IT dude to figure it out. Thomas W Shinder, M.D. Site: www.isaserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/> Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/ Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 MVP -- Microsoft Firewalls (ISA) ________________________________ From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ball, Dan Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 6:45 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] ISA, Exchange, and Blackberries... Has anyone on this list gotten a Blackberry to work with an Exchange 2003 server published through ISA 2004? Someone just showed up here this morning with one they want to have working ASAP, and I haven't a clue of how to get this working.