Finally managed to setup my blackberry 8100 with the desktop software, over usb then bluetooth. I downloaded the latest software first from the website (didn't use the cd I got with the phone)..

My phone gets email from my provider, who gets email from our servers - and my desktop machine also gets email from our servers..

However, I'm using the sync services to sync my calendar and addresses with outlook 2007..

Now here's the problem, anytime I send someone an email with an older email client, who's email address was sync'd from my blackberry.. the message is forced to send as rich text (vs html).. the problem this causes is that older email clients see rich text emails with attachments, as a rich text email with a single attachment called winmail.dat (yes the dreaded problem)..

I figured out that outlook lets specific email addresses override my preference for the sending format, as such.. every email address the blackberry syncs with my computer, the software is forcing the addresses from "let outlook decide" to "send as rich text format".. whats worse is; theres no way to mass edit all of these addresses in outlook (100s of addresses), and every single my blackberry syncs again.. they all get changed back!

Is there any way to tell your software not to be so aggressive with this? theres absolutely no reason my desktop addresses should be forced to send in the same format my phone has to.. especially since it means I cannot send attachments to certain people!

Cheers.