Another IT question re blackberrys

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We have just expanded our office and installed a dedicated server and network with Microsoft Exchange 2003? running it all.

My carrier was quoting some $3k for the Enterprise server for Blackberry but I have found you can download it for free (one user) which I am trialling.

Question 1 has anybody had experience setting up the BES on a server that can help me get the emails forwarded to my handheld/sync with outlook?

Question 2 I have been using Thunderbird for my emails and I am told it will not receive as it cannot work with SMTP (as opposed to POP3) that Exchange uses. Has anyone found a way to do this?

Question 3 It looks like I have to migrate from Thunderbird to Outlook (ggrrrr) and not ever having liked or used it I have no idea how to set it up (ie multiple inboxs for different email addresses/locations) and how to import emails and addresses.

Question 4 Is anybody using Groupwise/ACT for their desk top PIM's?

Thanks

Cheers

[vinuneuro]

I use Thunderbird as a client for multiple accounts. One of them uses smtp..no problems.