Desperately seeking Entourage to Exchange to Blackberry Synchronization

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Sean

Just got a brand new sparkling iMac G5. I love everything about it.
Office 2004 makes it simple to co-habitate with my windows lap top and
other pc users. The Entourage interface is on par or better than
Outlook 2003 in most cases.

The only stinkin problem I have with the Mac/Office/Entourage is that
when I file or delete messages from within my configured Exchange 2003
account via Entourage, my exchange server gets updated (I.e. My Windows
Outlook 2003 machines see the change), but my Blackberry does not. I
just don't get why the exchange server is not communicating the file or
deletion of the message to the Blackberry Enterprise server when the
file or delete is done with Entourage. Everything works fine when I
file or delete a message with Outlook 2003. What is Entourage doing
differently? You would think that as long as the Exchange Server is
being updated, the change would trickle to the Blackberry.
Please, please, please, any help is appreciated.
 
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Allen Watson

I have no idea if this works, or how well, but I received this press
release a couple of weeks back:

For Release On Or After:
January 2, 2004

For The First Time, Information Appliance Associates Showcases
BlackBerry-to-Macintosh Connectivity Solution at MacWorld Expo

San Francisco, CA--January 2, 2004--Information Appliance Associates
(IAA), inventors of the PocketMac®-line of products, today announced
that it will be showcasing PocketMac for BlackBerry® from Research In
Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) at the MacWorld Conference and
Expo 2005 in San Francisco, CA.

"We are very pleased that Apple's mobile customers will be able to
enjoy BlackBerry and synch with their Mac using the PocketMac
application," said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing
at Research In Motion.

"We're incredibly excited," said Terence Goggin, CTO of Information
Appliance Associates. "To be working with RIM and have a product that
embraces the Mac market...we couldn't be more pleased. With PocketMac
for BlackBerry, Mac users will be able to extend their systems to
wireless environments via BlackBerry."

The showcase, available at booth 2107 in the main hall at the
MacWorld Expo, will include full product demos on a range of
BlackBerry handhelds, working connectivity demos of Macintosh
computers synching with BlackBerry handhelds and the ability for expo
visitors to purchase BlackBerry handhelds with the Mac sync software
included at no extra charge.

eAccess Solutions, Inc. is the wireless dealer who will be selling
the handhelds at the show. David Bean, President of eAccess Solutions
said, "We're thrilled to be able to connect passionate Mac users with
their BlackBerry handhelds and wireless service at the show."

Goggin added, "This will be one of our most exciting showings at
MacWorld Expo as finally Mac users will have a robust solution for
their wireless needs."

More information about BlackBerry can be found at

http://www.blackberry.com/

More information about Information Appliance Associates can be found
at:
http://www.pocketmac.net

More information about eAccess Solutions can be found at:
http://www.eaccess.com/
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Sean

Allen,

This is all fine and dandy, but I am interested in changes to my
exchange account being wirelessly synchronized when the changes are
made via Entourage vs. Outlook. Per "[email protected],", Entourage
strips certain aspects of the header (message id, folder id) that the
Blackberry Enterprise Software looks for in order to replicate changes
to the blackberry. It would be great if someone could tell me when
Microsoft is going to fix this bug/limitation.

Sean
 
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