No, Blackberry’s are designed to be used only with the RIM service and nothing else.

The RIM Manufactured Blackberry Devices rely on service books. Service books can only be obtained by a subscription to the RIM infracstructure (NOC), which is obtained as an additional service via the ISP.

To get a POP account integrated into a Blackberry device the above subscripiton is needed. A web administration site is created where all the management is done from a website for the settings pertaining to the blackberry and a handheld email address is created.

ie. Vodafone UK users can use mobileemail.vodafone.net, Vodafone can set this up for you free of charge.

Not Supported: (Blackberry)——–>(POP3)

Supported: (Blackberry)——–>(Blackberry_Se­rver)——–>(POP3/IMAP/Enterprise­ Email Server)

Dont forget you can install BES Express for full BES functionality, free for 1 user (expandable to 15) here: http://www.blackberry.com/select/server/express.shtml

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