I've had users with over 5000 contacts, and it works fine, its the longest part of the wireless sync, but its not terrible. It can work in the background and he can still use the phone while it finishes the sync, I wouldnt separate the contacts out.
If you sync over wifi or USB, it will be very fast. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Krempa, Jamie <[email protected]> wrote: > Create a new contacts folder in the Mailbox root. Move all the contacts in > outlook to the new folder. Then copy any contacts that you want to see on > the BB to the root "Contacts" folder. I believe if you are running OS 5.0 or > later, you can select which contact folders should sync as well. This is > found in BAS under Messaging Configuration section. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 9:48 AM > To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues, etc. > Subject: [Bes-admins] Only Sync some contacts? > > We have a user who is going to be moving to a BlackBerry today from a > non-smart > phone. The user has about 3000 people in his Outlook contacts. I am > anticipating him being very annoyed when 3000 names start to sync up to his > device... > > Is there a way that I can segment his Outlook so that only some of his > contacts > sync? Like create a sub group of contacts called "Phone Only" and have > only > those sync? If so, is there a way to set this before the initial sync? > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > Bes-Admins mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins > http://www.dataoutages.com > http://www.dataoutagenews.com > RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins > --------------------------------- > Bes-Admins mailing list is sponsored by Dataoutagenews.com. > http://www.dataoutagenews.com > _______________________________________________ > Bes-Admins mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins > http://www.dataoutages.com > http://www.dataoutagenews.com > RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins > --------------------------------- > Bes-Admins mailing list is sponsored by Dataoutagenews.com. > http://www.dataoutagenews.com >
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