Re: Blackberry integration to iSeries Domino

[Chris Whisonant <chris.whisonant@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, BES has to be a Windows server running an instance of Domino Messaging
Server (Don't have to buy Enterprise server license I'm fairly certain...)
The BES server will simply look at the person document for their home mail
server and pull mail from there. No mail files have to be on the BES - just
leave everything as-is. Each BES account is equal to adding another single
Domino user, so you will see slightly more utilization. However, if you have
your BES on the same network as your mail servers, I wouldn't imagine that
you would see any problems with network latency, etc...

Basically, you register a new Domino server, install Domino and then install
BES. When they're all running then you can just activate BlackBerry devices
and you're good to go! :)

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Thanks,
Chris
Personal Blog: http://cwhisonant.blogspot.com
Work Blog: http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/lotusnut


On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:30 AM, <DNieswiadomy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Just running into some of my own questions as we're starting to look at
> possibly getting a BES server for handling Blackberry's in the field ---
> and I'm not finding much (if any) online guidance.  Hopefully someone has
> some valuable experience?  I have two notes server on my network, both
> within the same domain right now, both on iSeries boxes.....
>
> I see that the BES is going to have to be on a Windows server.
>
> It "appears" like you need a Domino server instance running on that
> Windows box as well - configured into the Notes domain ???
> For people who have email pushed to the phones - are their email files
> still on their home servers or do you have to have them replicated to this
> new windows platform as well? Or does it just retrieve the new email from
> their home server? (network contention?)
> Anybody got some real life experience with this --- the do s and don't s
> of the implementation?
>
>
> Dale Nieswiadomy
>
> Livingston County Information & Technology Services
> (585) 243-7113
>
> dnieswiadomy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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