[WFLDEng611]

I am looking for some detailed info on Yahoo mail for the BB. I would like a hosted BES type service without the $20.00/mo price tag. I would also like it to work with my Apple apps. I am currently using Gogglesync for my calander, and I love it. I would like to try Yahoo, but I just went through a nightmare with NotifyLink, and I want to try to avoid this again. I tried using Google for mail and contacts, but one way sync wasn't cutting it and the address book search was not as robust as BB. I also don't like having my contacts web based, no signal, no contacts.

This is what I have learned so far. Two way sync of mail and contacts, push email, $20.00 for premium service. If I am wrong on any of these please correct me.

The questions I have are:
1. Does Yahoo have their own mail app on the BB or does it use the BB mail app?
2. Are the emails stored on the BB memory or is it web based?
3. Does Yahoo use the BB address book or is that web based?
4. Does mail sync all the way back to your PC?
5. Can you file your mail into folders right on the BB?
6. How does this compare to a full blown BES? I have never had BES service, but I would like to leverage this technology to save me some time.
7. Anything else you think would be helpful

Thanks in advance

[SteveO86]

1. No, Yahoo does have a different icon and is IMAP so it sync's with your webmail.
2. BB Memory.
3. Yahoo address book can be sync'ed ith your BlackBerry so it will be on the BlackBerry(Using BlackBerry memory)
4. Not sure I have not configured my Yahoo email with Outlook.
5. No, I think BES you can not sure. (including Hosted BES)
6. vs full blown BES, you will need to run the Desktop Manager to sync your BlackBerry with the Yahoo webmail, it will not sync wirelessly.
7. There is an Outlook OTA beta going on in the AfterMarket forum, but it might not work with a Mac. Their is a OTA email service... Thinkpost.net they offer wireless sync for $4 a month... Although it is not IMAP like Yahoo, but the sync from Thinkpost is just an application on your BlackBerry, you will want to make sure it works with Mac first, I think their tool only works within Outlook (as a plug-in/Tool Bar).

Hope this helps. (I have been looking into a BES service of some type of wireless sync, and while I support BlackBerry at work we do not have a BES so my knowledge of what BES can do is limited)