Hola all fellow Google for Domains hosted folks using BIS - I was on the phone with a Systems guy at RIM today getting my hosted domain hooked up like GMail stuff and he let me know of recent new functionality that makes life easy for us (and I guess I didn't need to go through two T-Mobile employees and two RIM employees, but oh well).

When you now add a domain email it checks the MX records; if the RIM BIS systems see 'google' in there (as is appropriate for the MX records) they now tie it in to the system as a GMail based account giving you full delete support (i.e. delete on handheld and it moves to Trash on google webUI) and Sent support. I've been testing it in various ways for a bit and it's all super duper spiffy, no more lame POP-like-only functionality.

So, if you have your Hosted email configured in BIS from before (like I did), first write down all your filters and other settings then delete it. Now re-add the info - full email address in the first box, password in the second two - and the BIS web interface should immediately come back with "Mailbox configured!". Check it by clicking 'Edit' on the account and you should not see an Advanced tab that lets you enter POP/SMTP stuff like it used to be - it should now look like an @gmail.com (or @yahoo.com) setup where you have only a few options.

Don't forget to re-add your filters, signature and so forth. The fellow (withholding name on purpose) also indicated it should work the same for Yahoo hosted domains, but I cannot confirm this.

EDIT: I forgot to mention - after re-adding the account you have to send the Service Books to your device again.

I noticed this too awhile back. I did have to remove and add my domain twice in BIS before it started to push.

Now if we could get two-way delete reconcile... That would be awesome.

thx for the information

Yep it works! No need to call/open a ticket with RIM.

No joke - I'd also like to stop getting emails on my handheld *via google filters* (not BIS) that skip the Inbox and go right to an archived folder. They of course don't show up in my Inbox in the webUI, but still get pushed to the device -- I guess the BIS connection runs prior to the Google webUI filters. :(

Right now I have to have them set up in both places - meh, it works. PITA, but it works.

while we're wishing, i'd love to have delete on the berry do an archive in gmail...

i know its packrat-ing, but i just dont delete anymore...

I'm unable to get mine working.... It just keeps asking me to setup the account login details. Are there any other settings that must be in place other than the google MX record under your domain?

I am sending/receiving email fine through google.

Not to my knowledge, but obviously I've only done one domain for this -- did you enter all of those MX records in your DNS? (I think there are some 8 entries)

You *may* have to call 611 and work your way over to RIM support and talk to one of their systems support (not desktop) through your carrier; it's possible that your domain is in some way configured on the server(s) that needs to be wiped out by hand. When I called and walked through this it was part of the process but I was informed by said tech that it's all supposed to be automated now.

Perhaps you need to wait an hour after deleting the old account (for the changes to propagate to all servers in the cluster, whatever) and *then* try adding it back?