You still need the desktop piece to allow users to handle syncs, software upgrades and changing their rule sets.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mellott, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:11 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Blackberry Desktop Manager causes Outlook 2k to > start in offl ine mode > > > Why dont you just get the server product and dump the gludgy desktop > redir... it nice and all for like 1 or 2 people but beyond > that its a bit of > a bite > > better yet...get Good Technologies solution and you get Sync'd E-mail, > Contacts, Calendar, etc...just like have you total OL with > you..it's nice! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alverson, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:50 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Blackberry Desktop Manager causes Outlook 2k to start in > offl ine mode > > > Thanks for the tip. I think we could create a "blackberry" > group of users on > our domain (nt4) and then test to see if they are in that > group in the login > script to determine whether to launch the desktop manager or not. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Durkee, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:52 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Blackberry Desktop Manager causes Outlook 2k to > start in offl > ine mode > > We take the Desktop Manager out of the Startup folder and > instead launch it > from our logon script, so it doesn't start when people are out of the > office. > > -Peter > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Alverson, > Tom > Sent: Thursday, 25 March, 2004 11:51 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Blackberry Desktop Manager causes Outlook 2k to > start in offline > mode > > > We have a few users with laptops and blackberries who like > to dial in. We > have a special dial in modem bank that can access the RPC ports of our > Exchange 5.5 server. If they have the Blackberry desktop > manager loading at > startup, it tries to connect to the exchange server and > decides that it is > offline. When they dial in to this connection and then > launch Outlook, the > mapi spooler is already loaded (by the blackberry desktop > manager) and has > already decided that the computer is offline. > > Right now we have to tell them to quit the Blackberry desktop > manager, then > dial in, then launch Outlook. If they need to cradle the > Blackberry, then > they must manually launch the desktop manager. Since they > use the laptops > direct connected to our LAN 95% of the time, it is good to > have the desktop > manager in the startup group. > > Is there a better way to handle this? > > Tom > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode > =&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > ______________________________________________ > This message is private or privileged. 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