How to test BES email

We have trouble running SP4 update for our BES server. It stuck at updating the mdss database which is useless to us. However, it requires you updating it. Eventually, I talk to Blackberry support. Uninstall and reinstall SP4 without mdss. Now, it works flawlessly. However, I am not a BES user. How can I test it? Send an email to a BES user with subject confirm and the < > around the subject . If it is sent to the user Blackberry, you will receive a reply with subject "Blackberry Delivery Confirmation". Then you can tell if the email is delivered to Blackberry.

MDSCS? MDSS?

Some of the users would like to access files from file server behind the firewall from Blackberry. We have BES running behind firewall. Of course, port 3101 is opened on the firewall.

We download the Mobile File Manager from www.rovemobile.com. As long as IPPP service book appears in your Blackberry, you should have access to your network. If MDSCS service installed correctly on your BES server, it should be pushed down to the blackberry.

MDSS is for software designed by your developers. So, don't get confused. Only MDS Connection service is required for this software, not MDSS - Apache Tomcat Service. You don't need MDSS unless you develope your own software for Blackberry running on BES.

Rovemobile had a few nice tools available. However, the transfer rate is still expensive.