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How to get you personal email on your corporate blackberry

You have a personalized email address (name@domain.com), or use GMail as your primary personal email account. You also carry around a corporate BlackBerry. So... why not get your personal email on your blackberry?

How? Easy - First, use GMail as your personal web mail client; then install the Gmail Blackbery application on your blackberry. Viola, along with getting your work email on your bb, you’re now also two clicks away from managing your personal email.

The how to:

If you only have a gmail account, skip to step 3.

1 – configure Gmail as your personal webmail client. This assumes that you have a personalized email address that you can connect to via POP3. In Gmail, click on settings, select "add an account", and follow the directions...

2 – install Gmail on your BB Bring up your Blackberry web browser. Navigate to www.gmail.com the page should prompt you to download the Gmail client. That same page will know what version you need, so all you need to do is click on download and install.

3 – Log into GMAIL. Login using your user name and password.

You should be all set.

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