Treo 650 and Blackberry mail

[PeterJ]

I have the following dilemma:

The company I work for uses Blackberrys for wireless e-mail access. I, for reasons I'm sure you all agree with, refuse to use a Blackberry, 'cause I think the 650 is simply superior. However, for security reasons, the company does not have a POP3 server; therefore, I cannot access the e-mail in my Cingular Treo 650 using programs like VersaMail or Snapper. I have found an obvious way around it (automatically forwarding the office e-mail to my personal e-mail, which does have a POP3 server), but you see, to reply, I would have to use my personal e-mail address, which I don't care to necessarily. The company suggested a method that would require my computer to be on at all times, but that is not practical, since I travel with my laptop regularly.

I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem. Any ideas?

[lulugirl896]

I have the following dilemma:

The company I work for uses Blackberrys for wireless e-mail access. I, for reasons I'm sure you all agree with, refuse to use a Blackberry, 'cause I think the 650 is simply superior. However, for security reasons, the company does not have a POP3 server; therefore, I cannot access the e-mail in my Cingular Treo 650 using programs like VersaMail or Snapper. I have found an obvious way around it (automatically forwarding the office e-mail to my personal e-mail, which does have a POP3 server), but you see, to reply, I would have to use my personal e-mail address, which I don't care to necessarily. The company suggested a method that would require my computer to be on at all times, but that is not practical, since I travel with my laptop regularly.

I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem. Any ideas?

Do they use IMAP at all, because Snapper Enterprise will let you access your IMAP server. Otherwise, maybe you can access it using the Treo's browser if its a web based server- at least to reply to your emails.

[Shady]

I have the following dilemma:

The company I work for uses Blackberrys for wireless e-mail access. I, for reasons I'm sure you all agree with, refuse to use a Blackberry, 'cause I think the 650 is simply superior. However, for security reasons, the company does not have a POP3 server; therefore, I cannot access the e-mail in my Cingular Treo 650 using programs like VersaMail or Snapper. I have found an obvious way around it (automatically forwarding the office e-mail to my personal e-mail, which does have a POP3 server), but you see, to reply, I would have to use my personal e-mail address, which I don't care to necessarily. The company suggested a method that would require my computer to be on at all times, but that is not practical, since I travel with my laptop regularly.

I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem. Any ideas?

You can try setting your "reply to:" field as your work email address.
I know Snapper can do that. But not sure what the recipient sees exactly. Or maybe SPAM filters may not like that.

[PeterJ]

thank you, shady. I've tried that, but the recipient still sees my personal address (as the e-mail actually comes from there).

[Shady]

I always wondered how the damn spammers seem to be able to use any email address they want to.
I just had a meeting yesterday and someone was also trying to use a Treo 650 to connect to their corporate Microsoft system that uses Blackberrys now.
After 6 months with his IT people, he finally gave up. He ended up getting a new Blackberry that he says looks more like a phone and less like a square and he really likes it much better then the Treo650.
I don't know much about Blackberrys, but he said it just came out recently.

[narbeauchamp]

Maybe he got the 7100t-which is less like the traditional blackberries ,different shape-but does not have a full QWERTY keyboard like the other older Blackberries.


If your company has an IMAP server,perhaps that is your way around the security issues.I had a similar issue with one particular account-and since they have IMAP access,I simply do that,and I was able to easily shed my blackberry (the final step was when it was stolen,but that's a different story).

[PeterJ]

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, we do not have an IMAP server. They have suggested a service offered by Cingular (my carrier) that should allow me to access my desktop as well, and I am seriously considering it, even if I have to leave my computer on all the time (it almost always is anyway!)